BEIJING, Sept. 1 -- The IAEA has released its findings in a new report, circulating it among the agency's 35 board member nations. It will also go to the UN Security Council, and could trigger economic and political sanctions. Meanwhile, Iran says the report proves that US propaganda against it was baseless.

    Shortly after the International Atomic Energy Agency released its report on Iran's nuclear program, Mohammad Saeedi told the Mehr news agency that it did not meet Tehran's expectations.

    But he insisted the IAEA's report was not negative. He said it was factual, and that the Iranian nuclear program is under the supervision of the IAEA and that there has been no deviation.

    Saeedi said that on the whole, the report showed that Iran had given investigators easy access to its nuclear  establishment.

    Before the IAEA issued the report, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad maintained Iran's right to nuclear technology, as he addressed thousands of people gathered at rallies across the country.

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said: "They think that only a small group of people want to have the right to use peaceful nuclear energy. But they should know that the entire Iranian nation seeks this right."

    Tehran said it would never abandon its nuclear programme. But it said the IAEA report showed the dispute could be solved by the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran was open to negotiations on the scope of its programme.

(Source: CCTV.com)

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