Iran calls nuclear allegations in Amano's report "unfounded"
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
1390/03/05
05-26-2011
10:44:40
News Code :9003-03485
TEHRAN (ISNA) - Iranian ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh called allegations against the country's nuclear program mentioned in Amano's recent report "unfounded and baseless."
"Issues related to alleged studies and Iran's possible military programs mentioned in the recent report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano are repetitious ones," he told ISNA on Wednesday.
"The report in general has mentioned the already-discussed issues which have come in previous reports of the agency," he added.
"Amano's report represents that the IAEA inspectors continue to visit Iran's civilian nuclear facilities based on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and that everything is under the organization's supervision."
He then referred to Amano's letter to Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Chief Fereidoun Abbasi which has called for Iran to answer the alleged studies and allegations over its nuclear work.
"We have already said that we had sent a 117-page report on alleged studies to the agency and proved the claims unfounded," Soltanieh continued.
He went on to say, "we will give reply to the IAEA Director General's letter. But as we have already reiterated there is no doubt that allegations against Iran's nuclear issue are unfounded and politically-motivated."
He also said the IAEA Board of Governors' next meeting would not focus on Iran but on Japan's measure following catastrophe in Fukushima power plant.
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