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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
speaks during a press conference in Tehran, capital of Iran, Aug. 29,
2006. Ahmadinejad told the press conference that using nuclear energy was
Iran's right and Iran wanted to use it according to international
law.(Xinhua Photo)
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>>> | TEHRAN,
Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The vice president of Iran's atomic energy organization said
on Thursday that a new report of the IAEA on Iran's nuclear issue had proved the
fact that the U.S. propaganda against Iran was baseless, the Mehr news agency
reported.
"Although the report does not meet our expectations,
it shows the U.S. propaganda against the Islamic Republic's peaceful nuclear
program is completely baseless," Mohammad Saeedi told the news agency shortly
after International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohammed ElBaradei
released a report on Iran's nuclear program.
"The report of the IAEA is not negative, and it is very
factual and adds that the Iranian nuclear program is under the supervision of
the IAEA and that there has been no deviation," Saeedi said. He stressed that on
the whole, the report presented that Iran had opened the gates of its nuclear
establishment to investigators and IAEA easily.
"The investigators have been able, during this time,
to watch Iran's nuclear activities and install extra cameras in enriching
establishments for more and better surveillance," he said.
Earlier in the day, ElBaradei presented the report to
the UN Security Council, saying "Iran has continued enriching uranium despite a
UN nuclear deadline for it to suspend or face possible sanctions."
However, a senior official in Vienna close to IAEA
said Thursday that UN nuclear inspectors have found no "concrete proof" that
Iran's nuclear program is of military nature. Enditem
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