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Iran expresses serious concern over US poisoning approach at IAEA

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, June 5, IRNA
Iran-IAEA-Board of Governors
Iranian Ambassador to International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asghar Soltanieh on Thursday expressed gratitude to Non-Aligned Movement member states for their valuable support to Iran expressing serious concern that the Agency's cooperative environment is continuously poisoned by politically motivated statements of a few countries.

He said in his statement to the Board of Governors that certain countries are aiming at deviating Agency from its statutory promotional mandate namely facilitating and accelerating cooperation among Member States for peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

"It is regretful that after 5 years of continuous proactive cooperation by the Islamic Republic of Iran, this issue is still on the Agendas item of Board of Governors. I recall that at the eve of each meeting of the BG, the United States have brought new allegations supported by couples of its allies in order to undermine and overshadow the progress made during the intercessional periods and keep the file open.

"In this context, on behalf of my Government I express deep disappointment of the status quo which is as the result of creating impediments on the Agency's verification process, as rightly reported by the Director General to this session. However, the crux of the matter and the most important message to the international community which has continuously been reported by the Director General (GOV/2008 /15) is that after the most robust inspections in the history of the IAEA, once again the Director General reconfirmed that "the Agency was able to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in Iran" and all nuclear material are accounted for and remain peaceful.

Furthermore, the latest report of the Director General contains other facts regarding Iran's nuclear program which proves it as a transparent and peaceful program. The following are some examples to be put on the record and to let the world know the ill intention of few countries that have not addressed in their statements:

- Para 2: All nuclear material at FEP, as well as all installed cascades, remains under Agency containment and surveillance.

- Para 4: All nuclear material at PFEP, as well as the cascade area, remains under Agency containment and surveillance.

- Para 5: Since March 2007, fourteen unannounced inspections have been conducted.

- Para 6: The Agency has continued monitoring the use and construction of hot cells at the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR), the Molybdenum, Iodine and Xenon Radioisotope Production Facility (the MIX Facility) and the Iran Nuclear Research Reactor (IR-40) through inspections and design information verification (DIV). There have been no indications of ongoing reprocessing related activities at those facilities.

- Para 7: On 13 May 2008, the Agency carried out design information verification at the Iran Nuclear Research Reactor (IR-40). The Agency has continued to monitor the status of the Heavy Water Production Plant using satellite imagery.

- Para 8: On 10 May 2008, the Agency conducted a DIV at the Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP).

- Para 9: All of produced UF6 remains under Agency containment and surveillance.

- Para 11: In March and April 2008, Iran provided revised design information for FEP and PFEP.

- Para 11: The Agency was able to ensure that all necessary safeguards measures, including containment and surveillance, were in place before UF6 was fed into the newly installed centrifuges.

- Para 12: Since February 2008, all fuel assemblies imported from the Russian Federation for use in the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant have remained under Agency seal.

- Para 15: During a meeting in Tehran on 21-22 April 2008, Iran agreed to address the alleged studies, the procurement and R&D activities of military related institutes and companies, and questions which had been raised in the Agency's letters of 8 February and 12 February 2008.

- Para 15: On 9 May 2008, the Agency submitted a request for additional clarifications relevant to the nature of Iran's nuclear program. Iran provided its response to these questions on 23 May 2008, which is being assessed by the Agency.

- Para 18: On 14 May 2008, Iran provided in writing its overall assessment of the documents presented to it by the Agency.

- Para 24: It should be noted that the Agency currently has no information - apart from the uranium metal document - on the actual design or manufacture by Iran of nuclear material components of a nuclear weapon or of certain other key components, such as initiators, or on related nuclear physics studies.

- Para 26: The Agency has been able to continue to verify the non- diversion of declared nuclear material in Iran.

- Para 26: Iran has provided the Agency with access to declared nuclear material and has provided the required nuclear material accountancy reports in connection with declared nuclear material and activities.

- Para 28: It should be emphasized that the Agency has not detected the actual use of nuclear material in connection with the alleged studies.

Furthermore, in the Safeguards Implementation Report (SIR) every year Iran has been among those Member States that "the Secretariat was able to conclude that declared nuclear materials remained in peaceful activities."

Considering the above mentioned factual reports therefore the Agency has fulfilled its statuary mandate in assuring the non- diversion of peaceful activities of Iran and since all nuclear activities of Iran are for peaceful purposes and all 6 remaining outstanding issues have been resolved according to the agreed Work Plan, there is no justification that the Iran nuclear issue be remained in the agenda of the Board of Governors, and thus Safeguards has to be implemented in a routine manner.

As the consequence of irresponsible attitude and conduct of few western countries particularly the United States vis-a-vis Israeli clandestine nuclear activities and aggressive military attacks against nuclear facilities of Member States during past decades, Prime Minister of Israeli regime dared to publicly acknowledge the possession of nuclear weapon.

The said western countries have not expressed concern and prevented the issue which is the serious international security concern be dealt with in the IAEA or the NPT.

This is in defiance the demands of the overwhelming majority of the Agency's Member States and disregard the international community at large. In this context I would like to recall the legitimate expectation of majority of Member States, which I reflected in the General Conference in 2007 as well the last Board of Governors, that the Agency makes investigation on the validity of two contradictory statements by prime minister and the representative of Israeli regime regarding the possession of nuclear weapons.

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