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Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan
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TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry
spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said on Monday that his country's nuclear activities
have not slowed down, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"Iran's peaceful nuclear activities are going on
according to the schedule," Qashqavi was quoted as saying.
He rejected the claims that the country's nuclear
activities had slowed down and reiterated that the Iranian nuclear program was
under direct supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog.
"Our cooperation with the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) is based on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its Safeguards
Agreement," Qashqavi said.
The IAEA was conducting regular inspections from
Iran's nuclear sites and products of the enrichment facilities, he said,
rejecting the allegations that Iran's cooperation with the IAEA was not
transparent.
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Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan
Qashqavi speaks to journalists during a news conference in Tehran Feb. 23,
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"Nothing is concealed. We cooperate (with the IAEA)
within the NPT and everything is clear and accurate," the Iranian Foreign
Ministry spokesman added.
In a report on Iranian nuclear issue to the UN
Security Council on Thursday, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei said that only 164
gas centrifuges which were able to produce low-enriched uranium had been newly
installed at Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment center since last December, which
was slower than the past.
However, the report also pointed out that although
the UN Security Council has implemented sanctions on Iran, Iran still refused to
fulfill UN's requirement of stopping its uranium enrichment activity.
Iran's uranium enrichment program is questioned by
many parties. Western countries like the United States' claim that Iran intends
to secretly develop nuclear weapons, while the UN Security Council also requires
Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment activity.
However, Iran insists that its nuclear plan is only
for peaceful purposes, and continues its uranium enrichment activity despite the
pressure from the Western countries and relevant resolutions and sanctions of
the United Nations.
Larijani: Depriving Iran of nuclear
technology impossible
TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Majlis (parliament)
Speaker Ali Larijani said on Saturday that it is impossible to deprive Iran of
nuclear technology, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
"Iran has observed all the international regulations and
depriving Iran of nuclear technology and energy for peaceful purposes is
impossible for the Iranian nation," Larijani said in a meeting with former
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Full story
IAEA finds no weapons-grade enriched
uranium in Iran
VIENNA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) said its inspectors have not found that Iran is attempting
to process low-enriched uranium into weapons-grade uranium, the Austrian Press
Agency (APA) reported on Friday.
The report quoted an anonymous IAEA expert as saying, "so
far, Iran has carried out good cooperation with us in relevant verifications."
Full story
U.S. calls for urgent address to
Iran's nuclear program
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Accusing Tehran of
violating international regulation, the Obama administration on Friday called on
the international community to "work together" on and address Iran's nuclear
issue as soon as possible.
"This is an urgent problem that has to be addressed and we
can't delay addressing," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, after a UN
report claimed Tehran has been still carrying out its uranium enrichment
activity. Full story
Iran says not to suspend nuclear
work
TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran has vowed it would not
suspend its nuclear work after the latest report from the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) said Tehran has slowed its uranium enrichment program,
Iran's English-language satellite news channel Press TV reported on Friday.
"We fully cooperate with the Agency in accordance with
comprehensive safeguard, which is the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) safeguard,"
Iran's permanent representative to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh told Press
TV. Full story
IAEA: Iran has slowed its uranium
enrichment program
VIENNA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iran has slowed its uranium
enrichment program, said Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) when submitting the report on Iranian
nuclear issue to the UN Security Council on Thursday.
According to media here, this report said that only 164
gas centrifuges which are able to produce low-enriched uranium have been newly
installed at Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment center since last December, which
is slower than the past. Full story
Iran's president calls for "real
changes" in U.S. policies
TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad on Wednesday repeated his call for "real changes" in the U.S.
policies, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"Bullying powers should make good on their mistakes
by making fundamental and real changes to serve the interests of nations instead
of killing them," Ahmadinejad told a rally in the central city of Yazd. Full story
Iran dismisses Western concerns over
its space program
TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Deputy Defense Minister
Ahmad Vahidi Wednesday dismissed Western concerns over its space program, the
satellite Press TV website reported.
Vahidi dismissed the claims that Iran's space program is a
cover for developing missiles that could reach Europe and the United States. Full story
