Iran: IAEA report politicized
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On IAEA's claim about Iran's denial of inspecting its heavy water plant, Salehi said such an inspection is not within the framework of the safeguards agreement between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog, said the report.
"The IAEA should tell us by which clause of the mutual agreement can it inspect the heavy water facilities. We have not found such a clause," said Salehi, adding "if they prove it, I will immediately allow inspectors to visit (the plant)."
Salehi also said Iran is not, legally, bound to submit information to IAEA concerning its decision to start building 10 new enrichment sites, said the report.
On Monday, Salehi said Iran has the right to pick IAEA inspectors, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported Tuesday.
"We have the right to choose inspectors, it is the right of all IAEA member states," Salehi told ISNA.
"The two inspectors that Iran refused to receive had delivered unreal reports," he was quoted as saying.
Salehi's comments came after IAEA's report which expressed concerns over Iran's earlier decision to bar some of its inspectors to enter Iran.
In June, Salehi said that Iran has banned two IAEA inspectors from visiting its nuclear facilities because they filed false information on the country's nuclear program.
China on Tuesday called on Iran to fully cooperate with the IAEA to assure the international community that the country's nuclear program was peaceful in nature.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu made the comments in response to a question concerning a new IAEA report which had proven Iran's nuclear facilities were for peaceful purposes.
"China has taken notice of the IAEA report," said Jiang. "We hope parties concerned would increase efforts and resume related dialogues and negotiations as soon as possible, to seek a comprehensive, long-term and appropriate solution to the issue," she said.
Also, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference in Paris on Tuesday that Iran must answer the demands of IAEA over its nuclear program.
The IAEA's new report has been prepared for discussions in next week's IAEA board of governors meeting. It lists latest developments of Iran's nuclear program since the last report produced in May.
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