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IAEA report asks Iran for more transparency
The UN nuclear watchdog has asked Iran in its latest report to assist the agency with respect to the 'alleged studies of' weaponization.
Unless Iran extends its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in connection with the alleged studies, "the agency will not be able to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran," the agency said in its Wednesday report, a copy of which was obtained by Press TV.
"Iran could, as a matter of transparency, assist the agency in its assessment of these issues by providing it with access to documents, information and personnel to demonstrate, as Iran asserts, that these activities were not nuclear related," reads the report.
The 'alleged studies' attributed to Tehran by such countries as the United States, accuses Iran of pursuing a 'green salt project, high explosives testing, and the missile re-entry vehicle project'.
Iran says the accusations have been based on 'forged' data. According to the Iranian envoy to the UN, an anti-Iran terrorist cell, the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), is responsible for misleading the agency with the 'fabricated' evidence.
A senior MKO member, Mohammad Mohaddesin, has also confirmed that the terror organization had presented the IAEA with evidence supporting the anti-Iranian charges.
Meanwhile, Tehran has asked the IAEA to provide it with genuine copies of the documents, saying the documents will allow the country to study and respond to the allegations appropriately.
The agency maintains it is not 'in a position' to do so -- as the Vienna-based watchdog only possesses digital copies of the documents. The IAEA has called on the 10 countries in possession of the evidence related to the allegations to share it with Iran, however.
In its Wednesday report, the IAEA said to make 'substantive progress' in the nuclear impasse, Iran should 'clarify the extent of which information contained in the relevant documentation is factually correct'. It also called on Tehran to implement the Additional Protocol.
The Additional Protocol requires member states to provide an expanded declaration of their nuclear activities and grants the agency broader rights of access to sites in the country.
Iran, meanwhile, says a broader access would expose sensitive information related to its conventional military and missile related activities, insisting that any government would be reluctant to accept such a protocol because of national security concerns.
Earlier in October, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei sought to reassure Tehran on the issue, saying he was confident that arrangements could be made to ensure that "Iran's legitimate right to protect the confidentiality of sensitive information and activities is respected."
"The Director General continues to urge Iran to implement all measures required to build confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program at the earliest possible date," the report concludes.
The IAEA also confirmed in the report that the country's Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) as well as its Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP) have remained under 'agency containment and surveillance'.
Meanwhile, IAEA figures disclosed in the report confirm that Iran has managed to enrich uranium-235 to a level 'less than 5 percent'.
The rate is consistent with the developing of a nuclear power plant. Nuclear arms production requires an enrichment level of above 90 percent.
The UN nuclear watchdog also conceded in the report that the agency 'has been able to continue to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in Iran'.
The IAEA also declared that there has been 'no indication' of Iran conducting nuclear reprocessing activities.
The UN nuclear watchdog has asked Iran in its latest report to assist the agency with respect to the 'alleged studies of' weaponization.
Unless Iran extends its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in connection with the alleged studies, "the agency will not be able to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran," the agency said in its Wednesday report, a copy of which was obtained by Press TV.
"Iran could, as a matter of transparency, assist the agency in its assessment of these issues by providing it with access to documents, information and personnel to demonstrate, as Iran asserts, that these activities were not nuclear related," reads the report.
The 'alleged studies' attributed to Tehran by such countries as the United States, accuses Iran of pursuing a 'green salt project, high explosives testing, and the missile re-entry vehicle project'.
Iran says the accusations have been based on 'forged' data. According to the Iranian envoy to the UN, an anti-Iran terrorist cell, the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), is responsible for misleading the agency with the 'fabricated' evidence.
A senior MKO member, Mohammad Mohaddesin, has also confirmed that the terror organization had presented the IAEA with evidence supporting the anti-Iranian charges.
Meanwhile, Tehran has asked the IAEA to provide it with genuine copies of the documents, saying the documents will allow the country to study and respond to the allegations appropriately.
The agency maintains it is not 'in a position' to do so -- as the Vienna-based watchdog only possesses digital copies of the documents. The IAEA has called on the 10 countries in possession of the evidence related to the allegations to share it with Iran, however.
In its Wednesday report, the IAEA said to make 'substantive progress' in the nuclear impasse, Iran should 'clarify the extent of which information contained in the relevant documentation is factually correct'. It also called on Tehran to implement the Additional Protocol.
The Additional Protocol requires member states to provide an expanded declaration of their nuclear activities and grants the agency broader rights of access to sites in the country.
Iran, meanwhile, says a broader access would expose sensitive information related to its conventional military and missile related activities, insisting that any government would be reluctant to accept such a protocol because of national security concerns.
Earlier in October, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei sought to reassure Tehran on the issue, saying he was confident that arrangements could be made to ensure that "Iran's legitimate right to protect the confidentiality of sensitive information and activities is respected."
"The Director General continues to urge Iran to implement all measures required to build confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program at the earliest possible date," the report concludes.
The IAEA also confirmed in the report that the country's Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) as well as its Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP) have remained under 'agency containment and surveillance'.
Meanwhile, IAEA figures disclosed in the report confirm that Iran has managed to enrich uranium-235 to a level 'less than 5 percent'.
The rate is consistent with the developing of a nuclear power plant. Nuclear arms production requires an enrichment level of above 90 percent.
The UN nuclear watchdog also conceded in the report that the agency 'has been able to continue to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in Iran'.
The IAEA also declared that there has been 'no indication' of Iran conducting nuclear reprocessing activities.
