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| Iran expects positive IAEA report on atomic work |
| 2005-11-10 |
| Iran is confident the International Atomic Energy Agency's November report on its nuclear program will be positive, the country's top nuclear official said on Thursday. A good IAEA report at the U.N. watchdog's next board meeting later this month will make it more difficult for Washington and the European Union to call for Iran's case to be referred to the U.N. Security Council, diplomats say. Tehran denies Washington's accusations that it is secretly pursuing nuclear arms and says it only wants to generate electricity. "As our cooperation with the IAEA is on the right track, I believe the report will be positive," said Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization. "Iran's improved cooperation with U.N. inspectors will be reflected in (IAEA chief) Mohamed ElBaradei's next report," the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying. Aghazadeh reiterated that Iran's nuclear stand-off with the West could be solved through diplomatic channels. Talks between the European Union and Iran collapsed in August after Tehran restarted uranium conversion, suspended under a November deal with France, Britain and Germany. "The only solution to our nuclear issue is a political one ... There is no reason to send the case to the council," he said. Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, has formally written to Britain, France and Germany calling a restart of nuclear negotiations. The EU says it is studying Iran's offer. Iran has been praised by the IAEA for improved cooperation in recent weeks, including allowing inspectors to visit the Parchin military complex near Tehran. "We see they've accessed the accounts and removed the bribe money, thus we are confident the IAEA will whitwash this bitch and peddle it per the agreement." |
| Posted by:.com |
| #3 Expects? Shit. Try "insists"... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-11-10 14:42 |
| #2 The EU says it is studying Iran's offer. Between fire drills. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-11-10 13:45 |
| #1 Well since the head of the IAEA is named 'Mohamed' my bets are that the IAEA report will be very short on saying anything bad about Iran. It will stay that way until Iran has about 10 Atomic Weapons. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-11-10 10:37 |