Iran Wednesday dismissed as unfounded a United Nations nuclear agency report on the possible military aspect of Tehran's atomic drive, saying the body was deviating from the rules under Western influence.
Iran
Wednesday dismissed as unfounded a United Nations nuclear agency report on the
possible military aspect of
Tehran
's
atomic drive, saying the body was deviating from the rules under Western
influence.
"Unfortunately the [International Atomic Energy] Agency is deviating from
the rules under the influence of certain countries," ISNA news agency
quoted
Iran
's
atomic chief Fereydoon Abbasi Davani as saying after a cabinet meeting.
Davani urged the agency to normalize
Iran
's
dossier, arguing that
Tehran
's
nuclear activities shouldn't be discussed by Security Council members.
The IAEA said Tuesday that it was assessing new information on "possible
undisclosed" military dimensions to the Islamic republic's nuclear
activities, elevating concerns about the true nature of
Tehran
's
atomic ambitions.
In a restricted new report, a copy of which was obtained by AFP, the agency
said there were indications that the alleged work in
Iran
"may have continued beyond 2004."
A senior international official familiar with the IAEA investigation said the
work may even have continued "until rather recently", including in
2010.
Davani rejected this, saying "such evidence are always produced by some
Western countries to [influence] international bodies, including the agency, to
push them into making wrong decisions," Mehr news agency reported.
"With the advancement of technology, forging documents happens with ease
today. They can easily forge documents against the peaceful nuclear activities
of our country," Mehr quoted him as saying.
He advised western countries to "stop and change their behavior"
toward
Iran
.
Earlier
Iran
's
envoy to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh said the new report was "based on
unfounded allegations and speculation regarding some activities with supposed
military objectives.
"The agency's scientific and professional reputation will without a doubt
be damaged for dealing with these accusations, failing to provide solid
evidence, and seeking political objectives," the official IRNA news agency
quoted him as saying.
Many Western countries fear
Iran
is
seeking to acquire a nuclear military capacity under the guise of its civilian
atomic program, a charge
Tehran
has
repeatedly denied.
The United Nations Security Council has condemned
Iran
's
atomic activities in six resolutions, including four sets of economic and political
sanctions, despite continuing inspections of Iranian installations by the IAEA.
The main target of the sanctions is
Iran
's
uranium enrichment program, which can produce either fuel for a nuclear reactor
or the fissile material for an atomic warhead.
The IAEA report also said the Islamic republic has continued to amass more
low-enriched uranium in defiance of multiple rounds of United Nations
sanctions.
Soltanieh said the report confirmed that
Iran
was
"successfully" pushing forward with its enrichment work.
"It has been clearly noted in the report that our nuclear activities,
including enrichment, are being conducted successfully under supervision of the
agency," IRNA quoted him as saying.
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