Iran implementing Agreement With IAEA
VIENNA (Dispatches) -- Iran held serious discussions with the UN nuclear agency about more cooperation between the two sides.
Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Reza Najafi, said the country had started implementing five transparency measures as agreed with the IAEA in May.
"Iran is in the process of implementing the five agreed steps," the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying.
Press TV website said Iranian and IAEA experts met in Tehran. Najafi said they exchanged information and that the discussions were "serious", IRNA reported, adding they would continue and be followed up soon.
As part of an Iran-IAEA cooperation accord reached in November in an attempt to revive the agency's long-stalled investigation, Tehran agreed in May to carry out five specific steps by late August to help allay purported concerns.
They included providing information on alleged experiments on and studies related to calculating nuclear explosive yields.
While denying such information as baseless and fabricated, Iran has promised to cooperate with the IAEA.
"Three out of the five steps have been completely implemented," Najafi said, without giving details.
Apart from information related to the IAEA's investigation, Iran also agreed to give it access to sites including a centrifuge research and development facility by late August.
Iran in May gave the IAEA information about why it was developing "bridge wire" detonators. The country says they are for civilian use, and wants this topic in the investigation closed.
In mid-July, the separate negotiations on a diplomatic settlement between Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia, were extended until late November.
On May 20, the two sides held a technical meeting within the Framework for Cooperation agreed in November 2013. During the meeting, they agreed to five practical measures which should have been implemented by August 25 for more cooperation.
Given the complexity of the issues, Iran and the agency had already predicted it might not be possible to finish their reviews of the remaining topics by August 25, said Najafi, adding that the two sides have agreed to resume their talks "in the near future”.
During a visit to Tehran on August 17, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano hailed Iran’s resolve to settle issues pertaining to its nuclear energy program through cooperation with the nuclear agency.
"I was very glad to hear from the highest levels a firm commitment to the implementation of the Framework for Cooperation, and to resolve all present and past issues through dialogue and cooperation with the IAEA,” Amano said.
Following the visit, Amano also confirmed that Iran had started implementing the measures ahead of the deadline for Tehran to provide the agency with new information on its nuclear activities
"Iran is in the process of implementing the five agreed steps," the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying.
Press TV website said Iranian and IAEA experts met in Tehran. Najafi said they exchanged information and that the discussions were "serious", IRNA reported, adding they would continue and be followed up soon.
As part of an Iran-IAEA cooperation accord reached in November in an attempt to revive the agency's long-stalled investigation, Tehran agreed in May to carry out five specific steps by late August to help allay purported concerns.
They included providing information on alleged experiments on and studies related to calculating nuclear explosive yields.
While denying such information as baseless and fabricated, Iran has promised to cooperate with the IAEA.
"Three out of the five steps have been completely implemented," Najafi said, without giving details.
Apart from information related to the IAEA's investigation, Iran also agreed to give it access to sites including a centrifuge research and development facility by late August.
Iran in May gave the IAEA information about why it was developing "bridge wire" detonators. The country says they are for civilian use, and wants this topic in the investigation closed.
In mid-July, the separate negotiations on a diplomatic settlement between Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia, were extended until late November.
On May 20, the two sides held a technical meeting within the Framework for Cooperation agreed in November 2013. During the meeting, they agreed to five practical measures which should have been implemented by August 25 for more cooperation.
Given the complexity of the issues, Iran and the agency had already predicted it might not be possible to finish their reviews of the remaining topics by August 25, said Najafi, adding that the two sides have agreed to resume their talks "in the near future”.
During a visit to Tehran on August 17, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano hailed Iran’s resolve to settle issues pertaining to its nuclear energy program through cooperation with the nuclear agency.
"I was very glad to hear from the highest levels a firm commitment to the implementation of the Framework for Cooperation, and to resolve all present and past issues through dialogue and cooperation with the IAEA,” Amano said.
Following the visit, Amano also confirmed that Iran had started implementing the measures ahead of the deadline for Tehran to provide the agency with new information on its nuclear activities