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ElBaradei's report creates positive atmosphere - statement

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

United Nations, New York, Nov 17, IRNA
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The contents of ElBaradei's recent report on Iran's cooperation in addressing the outstanding questions have created a positive atmosphere, said Iran in a press release issued here on Friday.

The report issued by Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei has also created a valuable opportunity to resolve the issue of Iran's peaceful nuclear program through dialogue and appropriate technical mechanisms, it added.

"Iran's program is absolutely peaceful and is under the full monitoring of the IAEA. Iran has thus far taken various essential steps and has exercised a great deal of good will and indulgence in its cooperation with the IAEA. It has taken important
confidence-building measures which go even far beyond its treaty obligations," the statement noted.

Iran is, and will remain, committed to its obligations under the comprehensive safeguards agreement with the IAEA, and the agency's inspections have continued without hindrance according to relevant agreements, it further said adding, "All Iranian nuclear activities, including the enrichment, are carried out according to the IAEA Statute, the NPT and the comprehensive safeguards agreement, and are under the full and continuous monitoring of the agency."

In this regard, the agency has carried out its monitoring through the visits of inspectors (both announced and unannounced) and through the cameras installed in the relevant facilities, the Iran's statement stated noting, "Such a robust cooperation on the part of Iran has led to the Agency's constant conclusion that no indication of diversion has been seen in Iran's peaceful nuclear activities." These confidence-building measures and the remarkable progress made in resolving the outstanding issues which has been reflected in the said report attest to the fact that the allegations made by certain countries who have tried to deprive the Iranian nation from its inalienable rights to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, under the so-called proliferation concerns, are baseless, the press release said.

"From the very beginning, it was clear that the United States, regardless of the content of the report, will pursue its politically motivated agenda with respect to Iran's peaceful nuclear program. The United States has never shown concurrence and good intention towards the cooperation between Iran and the IAEA, nor will it spare any efforts to undermine the positive atmosphere generated by such cooperation," it said.

The position pronounced by various US officials with regard to the latest IAEA director general's report attest to the fact that such a policy of hindrance and subversion by the US regarding this cooperation will continue in the future, it added.

"Undoubtedly any further involvement by the Security Council in this regard, will adversely affect the trend of implementation of the understanding between Iran and the IAEA," the statement said.

It is abundantly clear that the unacceptable misleading and political propaganda campaign orchestrated by few countries to overshadow the excellent cooperation on the part of Iran clearly reflected in the report, will not justify their mischievous actions in imposing this issue on the Security Council, the press release issued by the Islamic Republic of Iran concluded.

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