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Soltanieh: Iran to continue cooperation with IAEA

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, Nov 28, IRNA
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Iran's IAEA envoy Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said here Thursday that Iran will continue cooperation with the IAEA.

Speaking to IRNA at the end of the IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Soltanieh said the meeting has no impact on Iranian nation's determination to benefit from its undeniable rights and "we will continue our peaceful nuclear program."

Asked whether he hoped Iran's nuclear dossier will return back to the IAEA from the UN Security Council, Soltanieh said, "Undoubtedly, we raised the issue once again at the IAEA Board of Governors' session because we believe the UN Security Council's continued interference is totally against credit, independence and authorities of the Agency and has undermined the international institution. However, irrespective of what will be in the resolution, what in it will be ratified and how long the issue will remain in the Board of Governors, Iran will not compromise its undeniable rights, while continuing its cooperation with the Agency." "To this end, our recommendations and advices are that the UN Security Council completely stops intervention in Iran's nuclear affair, the issue be discarded from the IAEA Board of Governors' agenda and the IAEA inspections of Iran's facilities become normal.

"Our political and clear message is they should know that keeping the issue in the Board of Governors or passing resolution will not have any effect on Iran's drive to use its peaceful nuclear energy right."

On recent IAEA Board of Governors' session on Iran, Soltanieh said that as before, nothing new and special was raised in the meeting.

He said that in the session, the US and a few states repeated their usual and baseless claims and statements against Iran's peaceful nuclear program and "we too repeatedly stressed that will by no means suspend enrichment and will continue cooperation with the Agency."

Soltanieh concluded that he had in the meeting said the highly secret and confidential documents the US has presented in connection with Iran's nuclear program are not sealed and stamped and Americans have thus acted not professionally.

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