28 Mar 2024
Friday 14 November 2014 - 21:01
Story Code : 129592

Premature reporting tarnishes IAEA image: Iran

A senior Iranian nuclear official has criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for releasing its reports prematurely, warning that the move will tarnish the image of the UN nuclear agency.
The IAEA reports should be submitted confidentially before they are finalized; therefore, the premature release [of reports] in the media will undermine its (IAEAs) credibility, said Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), in a Friday interview.
He pointed to the correction of the IAEAs latest report on Irans nuclear activities, saying, It has not been the IAEAs first mistake and if the present trend continues, it seems it would not be the last one either.
On Thursday, the IAEA corrected its previous estimate of the size of Tehrans low-enriched uranium stockpile, saying it is 8,290 kg.

This is while the agency had announced last week that Irans stockpile of low-enriched uranium had increased by 625 kg to around 8.4 tons since the IAEAs September report, estimating the stock to be nearly 8,390 kg.

Kamalvandi noted that the IAEAs final report on a country can be officially released only after it is discussed at the Board of Governors by the member states and the respective country.
The release of these reports at certain websites linked to Western countries has been politically-motivated and aimed at influencing the process of [nuclear] talks [between Iran and P5+1 group of countries], the AEOI spokesman pointed out.
The size of Tehrans uranium stockpile is one of the moot points in the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers.

The IAEA correction came two days after top officials from Iran and the P5+1 group -- the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany wrapped up talks over Iran's nuclear program in the Omani capital city of Muscat on Tuesday.

The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers is set to be held in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on November 18-24.

By Press TV

 

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