Upon arrival in Vienna, Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi explained the concept of allowing IAEA access to some of Iran’s sensitive sites in response to questions about Iran’s concerns.
Araghchi who is heading Iranian negotiating team at the deputy level, arrived in Vienna early in the morning on Thursday and said that Iran would allow controlled access within the NPT framework or the Additional Protocol. Iran has not decided about the Additional Protocol yet, and Araghchi conditioned it upon acceptance.
Referring to Russian representative’s comment that the talks are near final, the senior Iranian diplomat recounted that the main part of the principles are worked out but the additional appendixes are still way to go.
Pointing to the complexities, Araghchi expressed hope that the draft would be finalized by the deadline of June 30.
The Iranian diplomat rejected the idea of inspection of military sites and called it out of agenda as it is not included in NPT and reiterated that according to NPT, just controlled access is possible.