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Soltaniyeh: Many defects can be seen in Amano's report on Iran

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Vienna, June 9, IRNA - Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh on Wednesday said that a lot of defects could be seen in IAEA Chief Yukia Amano’s report on Iran nuclear program.

Soltaniyeh made the remarks during the session of IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna.

He said the Islamic Republic of Iran as a member of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are under political pressure from certain countries which possess nuclear weapons.

the Permanent Envoy to IAEA underlined that Iran is the only member of NPT which fully cooperated with the NPT Review Conference in 2010.

“Given 4,000 hours of inspections, the previous and current IAEA chiefs have declared there is no diversion in Iran's nuclear activities towards military purposes,” he said.

Meanwhile, Soltaniyeh said on Tuesday that the imposition of new sanctions against Iran would disturb the constructive atmosphere recently created over Iran's nuclear program.

"Any move at the Security Council will affect the positive atmosphere made after the issuance of the Tehran Declaration which provides an opportunity for diplomacy and cooperation," Soltaniyeh said.

The Iranian envoy went on to call on the international community to return to the negotiating table in order to implement a long-standing project for the supply of fuel to the Tehran Research Reactor.

"We recommend them to take lessons from the past and put an end to such unconstructive and unlawful measures and stop the UNSC interference in affairs solely related to the IAEA," he said.

Based on the declaration issued by Iran, Turkey and Brazil, Tehran is willing to send some 1,200 kg of its low-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for a total of 120 kg of higher enriched uranium for use at the Tehran Research Reactor.

The declaration was welcomed by independent states and international organizations, including the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

Soltaniyeh called on the West to seize the ideal opportunity provided by the Tehran Declaration.

He warned against fresh sanctions against Iran, arguing that any punitive measure would prompt a reaction from the Iranian side.