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ElBaradei's report proves Iran's sincere cooperation with IAEA

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

United Nations, New York, Nov 17, IRNA
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Iran, in a press release issued here on Friday, stressed that the latest report of the IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, proved Iran's full and sincere cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

"ElBaradei's report yet again put on display the full, serious and sincere cooperation on the part, of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the agency to address the few remaining outstanding questions and to allay any concerns with regards to the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program," it added.

As the report clearly stresses, "Iran has provided sufficient access to individuals and has responded in a timely manner to questions and provided clarifications and amplifications on issues raised in the context of the work plan," it further said.

"In its cooperation with the IAEA, Iran has, on the one hand, addressed the outstanding questions with regard to its past activities, particularly through resolving the issues related to plutonium and P1 and P2 centrifuges, and on the other hand, has removed any concerns or ambiguities with regard to its present activities through its agreement with the agency on monitoring its current enrichment through concluding and putting into force of the Facility Attachment for the Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) at Natanz," the press release noted.

The assertion of the report that "the Agency has been able to conclude that answers provided on the declared past P-1 and P-2 centrifuge programs are consistent with its findings," and thus the closure of this issue, coupled with various other emphasis made in the report that Iran's cooperation has been timely and full, testify to the fact that the very basic pretexts on the basis of which Iran's peaceful nuclear program was brought to the council have been flawed and unwarranted, it said.

"It also proves that involvement of the Security Council in Iran's peaceful nuclear program has been merely out of political considerations and without any legal basis whatsoever," the statement added.

In the wake of this latest report of the IAEA director general and taking into consideration Iran's full cooperation with the agency, resulting in the resolution and closure of certain important outstanding issues, there remains no basis for the consideration of the issue at the Security Council and, therefore, the issue should be solely dealt with in its normal, competent and technical forum which is the IAEA, it emphasized.

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