On the sidelines of the international conference on the World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) on Tuesday, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi responded to the US false allegations on Iranian agents having sought illicitly to obtain parts for the Arak heavy water complex. “I do not know of the purchase of any new parts, and even if any parts were purchased, that would not be inconsistent with the Geneva agreement,” added Kamalvandi.
“What has been agreed upon in Geneva on Iran’s nuclear facilities was that we would not install any new parts, and we haven’t either,” he said.
Kamalvandi noted that the nuclear talks were in process on various levels and would resume ‘next week.’
He pointed to Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA inspectors; “our cooperation with the Agency depends on the finalization of the past issues, inter alia, their claim on the explosive experiments in Marivan. Our envoy to the IAEA, Reza Najafi, has already reacted to these allegations and called them wrong and baseless. If the IAEA provides more accurate information, Iran will give them access to visit the site.”
“The other issue that needs to be resolved is that we had demanded the IAEA provide us with more explanation on some of its documents that are not substantial enough,” he continued, “for instance, they have brought up a number of names which are not even Persian. These appear to be fake, and they sound like Zionist names.”
“We have demanded for the submission of the original documents, but the IAES has yet to do it,” said Kamalvandi, noting that once these two issues came to a definite conclusion, Iran would embark on negotiating new issues.
Kamalvandi also maintained that Iran had denied the IAEA request to open an office in Tehran.
“We have no problem with inspections under comprehensive safeguards agreements, but we do not consent to inspections that do not follow the safeguards,” he asserted.
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