VIENNA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Ambassador to the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh said Thursday on
the Board of Governors in Vienna that Iran's nuclear programs were for peaceful
use.
He said Iran "has no questions left unanswered to the
agency" and the agency found no evidence which could prove that Iran's unclear
activities were for military use.
Soltanieh said Iran would keep cooperating with the
IAEA and believed "if there is a political will, there will be a solution."
However, he said Iran would not give up its uranium
enrichment activity.
In response to the criticism of some western
countries especially the United States about Iran's military-related nuclear
research, Soltanieh pointed out that the criticism were only conjectures.
He said Iran is a responsible country and its nuclear
activities are under the framework of its laws. The nuclear activities of Iran
are completely transparent, he added.
The IAEA Board of Governors is held in Vienna from
Monday to Friday. Besides the annually reports of IAEA, the Iran issue was one
of the most important topics of the conference.
Germany, France and Britain again called for Iran's
cooperation with the IAEA of handing in all required information in order to
clarify the nature of its nuclear activities.
European Union foreign policy chief
Javier Solana speaks during a news conference at Pakistani Foreign
Ministry in Islamabad April 22, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo
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BRUSSELS, June 4 (Xinhua) -- European Union top diplomat
Javier Solana confirmed here Wednesday that he would soon visit Iran, but
expected no miracles of his trip on Iran's nuclear issue.
"I will be going to Tehran. I have not been there
since June 2006," Solana told the European Parliament. Full story
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
delivers remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
conference in Washington June 3, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
WASHINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Top officials of the United
States and Israel Tuesday reiterated their calls for increasing international
pressure on Iran.
"Our partners in Europe and beyond need to exploit
Iran's vulnerabilities more vigorously and impose greater costs on the regime
economically, financially, politically and diplomatically," Rice told a policy
conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israeli lobby
group. Full story
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei speaks at a ceremony to mark the death anniversary of the Islamic
Republic founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at Khomeini's shrine in
southern Tehran June 3, 2008. Iran will not bow to Western pressure and
stop its nuclear programme, Khamenei said on Tuesday.(Xinhua/Reuters
Photo) Photo
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TEHRAN, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran vowed Tuesday to continue
its nuclear program, while rejecting to pursue nuclear weapons, the state
television reported.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
reiterated the stance in a televised speech at a ceremony honoring Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. Full story
TEHRAN, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Iran said on Sunday that the
latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) proved that there
is no deviation in Iran's nuclear program from civilian purpose, the official
IRNA news agency reported.
The report, which was prepared by IAEA Director
General Mohamed ElBaradei, also indicated that all Iranian sites have been under
the IAEA full supervision, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali
Hosseini said.
"The report also said that all the agency's findings
are in full conformity with Iran's nuclear activities" at the enrichment
facilities in Natanz, central Iran, he said. Full story
TEHRAN, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that Tehran continues its cooperation with
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) just like other members, Iran's
Press TV satellite channel reported.
"Iran is continuing its cooperation with the
International Atomic Energy Agency, as a signatory to the nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty, just like an ordinary IAEA member," Mottaki was quoted
as saying after a cabinet meeting. Full story
TEHRAN, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Iran's new parliament speaker
Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that Western powers should not practice any
"deception" over its nuclear issue, warning that Tehran could impose new limits
on its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.
"The West must stop its secretive diplomatic scheme
of passing Iran's nuclear case back and forth between the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Group of 5+1," state radio quoted Larijani's
address at the parliament as saying. Full story
