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Director General Mohamed ElBaradei attends a board of governors meeting in
Vienna September 7, 2009. A senior Iranian official has accused the United
States of feeding "forged" intelligence to the U.N. nuclear watchdog that
says Iran had studied ways to make atomic bombs. (Xinhua/Reuters
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VIENNA, Sept. 7, (Xinhua) - The Director General of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei Monday called
for cooperation from Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
and Syria to solve issues concerning their nuclear programs.
Speaking here at a meeting of the IAEA Board of
Governors in Vienna, ElBaradei said Iran had cooperated with the Agency in
improving safeguards measures at the Fuel Enrichment Plant and in providing the
required access to the Iran Nuclear Research Reactor(IR-40) at Arak for purposes
of design information verification.
However, he also pointed out that Iran had not
suspended its enrichment related activities or its work on heavy water related
projects as required by the Security Council, nor has Iran implemented the
Additional Protocol.
ElBaradei proposed three key areas relevant to Iran's
nuclear program that need to be addressed: "At first, and specifically, Iran
needs to respond fully to all the questions raised by the Agency in order to
exclude the possibility of there being military dimensions to its nuclear
program."
For the second, he said Iran needed to "implement the
Additional Protocol." Without the Protocol, the Agency would not be able to
provide credible assurances about the absence of undeclared nuclear activities
in Iran.
For the third, he said that Iran's future intentions
concerning its nuclear program "need to be clarified to respond to the concerns
of the international community."
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An overview of an International Atomic
Energy Agency IAEA board of governors meeting in Vienna September 7, 2009.
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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On August 28, ElBaradei submitted the report on
Iranian nuclear issue, noting that Iran still failed to comply with the relevant
resolutions of the UN Security Council. However, he pointed out that Iran had
improved cooperation with IAEA, and slowed down its uranium enrichment process.
France and Israel immediately replied that the
criticism on Iran in this report was too "soft" and accused the report omitted
some basic information on Iran's nuclear program.
The Director General stressed in the meeting that all
the information made available to the Agency relevant to Iran's nuclear program
had been brought to the Board. He said the allegations were politically
motivated and totally baseless, and would also undermine the IAEA's independence
and objectivity.
On the DPRK nuclear issue, ElBaradei said since
IAEA inspectors left in April after DPRK ceased all cooperation with the
Agency, it was unable to carry out any monitoring, and therefore to make any
report to the Broad.
He called on all parties to continue to work for a
comprehensive solution that would bring North Korea back to the NPT.
The director general said IAEA is still investigating
allegations concerning the destroyed building on the Dair Alzour site in Syria
and urged Syria to cooperate with the Agency in its verification activities
related to the nature of the Dair Alzour site.
