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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Iran not to allow irregular nuclear inspections: AEOI

Iran not to allow irregular nuclear inspections: AEOI
Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:1AM GMT
http://presstv.com/detail/2014/11/20/386759/iran-not-to-allow-irregular-nchecks/

A top Iranian nuclear official says the Islamic Republic will not allow any
out-of-the-ordinary inspections of the country's nuclear facilities.

Tehran observes all nuclear regulations, and will draw the line at any
irregular checks on its nuclear facilities, said Director of the Atomic
Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi in a televised program
on national TV Wednesday.

“We have announced that we are a member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT) and we have signed it… we are a member of the [the International
Atomic Energy] Agency and we have signed and are implementing the Safeguards
Agreement, therefore, there is no reason that they set special regulations
for us,” Salehi said.

Salehi said that the IAEA has carried out more than 7,000 persons-hours of
inspection at Iranian nuclear sites, adding that the IAEA’s cameras are
monitoring Iran's nuclear activities round the clock.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the official said Iran is now capable of producing
enough nuclear fuel for its reactors.

He also categorically rejected reports that Iran has agreed to ship its
nuclear fuel to other countries, including Russia.

The Iranian nuclear chief also pointed out that Tehran and Moscow have
signed protocols and agreements on further nuclear cooperation.

Salehi’s remarks come as Iran and the P5+1 -- the United States, France,
Britain, Russia, China and Germany -- are in talks to work out a final deal
aimed at ending the longstanding standoff over the Islamic Republic’s
nuclear energy program before November 24.

Sources close to the Iranian negotiating team say the main stumbling block
in the way of resolving the Western dispute over Iran’s nuclear energy
program remains to be the removal of all the bans imposed on the country,
and not the number of centrifuges or the level of uranium enrichment.

Tehran wants the sanctions entirely lifted while Washington, under pressure
from the pro-Israeli lobby, insists that at least the UN-imposed sanctions
should remain in place.

YH/NN/KA

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