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Thursday 3 December 2015 - 17:37
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IAEA report proves peaceful nature of nuclear program: Iran

Senior Iranian officials say the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) on the countrys past and present activities proves the peaceful nature of Tehrans nuclear program.

Hamid Ba'eidinejad, a member of Irans nuclear negotiating team, said the IAEA explicitly and absolutely declaresat the end of the report that it has not found any sign of diversion in the program.

The report has verified the peaceful nature of Irans nuclear program in the strongest possible terms, with no caveats, Ba'eidinejad wrote on his Instagram page.

On Wednesday, the IAEAsaid it had found no indications of diversion of nuclear material related to the so-called possible military dimensions (PMD) in Iran's program.

The agency also said it hadnot found any indications of undeclared nuclear fuel cycle in Iran beyond those declared by the Islamic Republic.

The agencys Board of Governors is set to hold a meeting on December 15 to make a final decision on Irans case. Tehran says it will implement the nuclear accord signed in July once the file is completely closed.

Ba'eidinejad, who is the director general for political and international security affairs at Irans Foreign Ministry, said the IAEA report leaves the Board of Governors with the onlychoice toclosethe dossier.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] Iran's IAEA Ambassador Reza Najafi speaks to journalists in Vienna, Austria, August 25, 2015.[/caption]

Meanwhile, Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA, Reza Najafi, said the report has confirmed the non-diversion of Tehrans nuclear activities.

The most significant point in the [IAEA's Director General Yukiya] Amanos report is the non-diversion of Irans nuclear program, Najafi said.

The report, he said, does not refer to any instance of Iranian non-compliance.

The IAEA is tasked with monitoring Irans scaling down of its nuclear program under the nuclear accord and verifying technical issues related to it.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the accord is called, was concluded between Iran and the P5+1 group the US, Russia, the UK, France, China and Germany in Vienna on July 14.

The JCPOA envisages limits on Irans nuclear activities in exchange for the removal of all nuclear-related economic and financial bans against the Islamic Republic.

Meanwhile, Irans Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi hassaid the P5+1 group of countries now hasto close the Islamic Republics nuclear file.

The P5+1 countries must now submit a resolution as per Article 14 of JCPOA to the Board of Governors on the closure of the issue and the governing board must move to approve this resolution with a view to closing the dossier, Araqchi said.

He addedthat the most important point in the IAEA's latest report is that it rejects many of the past allegations about Iran's nuclear program.

"The opposite parties must now fulfill their obligations including with regard to the closure of the so-called PMD issue during the December 15 meeting of the Board of Governors," said Araqchi.

By Press TV
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