Behrouz Kamalvandi who was speaking to Mehr News pavilion in the 21st Press Expo in Tehran on Sunday, believed that warnings had roots in parliamentarian’s personal tastes and prejudices, and not well-documented based on facts; “if we have a will to implement the JCPOA and receive stronger assurances, we should do commitments which would be returned back first; we have currently 19,000 centrifuges of which 10,000 are not working which should be dismantled, and if situation arise, we could install more advanced alternatives,” he emphasized.
“We believe that by December 15, we will continue other parts of the commitment and the powers will also have to do their share of commitment; this reduced the time of waiting to minimum; the dismantling of centrifuges would last at least 2 months and a half, however we are capable of doing that within a month and a half, so no one could perceive of concession or suspension,” he said, calling for the opponents to speak documented based on facts and not based on personal whims and caprice.
“The reality is that we are in preliminary part of the commitments; we will go forward and then in specific points we will stop and see whether the west does its share of commitments, and if so, we will continue after December 15; if the IAEA reports sooner than the time necessary, so much so good,” Kamalvandi told Mehr News. “We specifically plan to address those parties voicing concerns [in the Parliament] about damage inflicted upon our nuclear program and sanctions; these two concerns are legitimate altogether, and no rationale would justify just one of the concerns. We work to address these concerns simultaneously,” he added.
About sale of UF6 in international markets, Kamalvandi said that Iran had been now a member of the club of countries active in dealing nuclear material; “in the past, Iran had been only an importer; now, we, for the first time, export our enriched uranium in the market,” he said.
On Salehi’s recent visit to Japan and Arak heavy water complex, the AEOI spokesman said that Mr. Salehi’s major objective was to attend nuclear disarmament and international security conference (Paguash) in Japan; “no issue had been raised about Arak heavy water complex in Paguash reportedly; however, some countries had voiced willingness to work with Iran in redesigning the complex. Any country, including 5+1 would join us in the issue,” Kamalvandi concluded.
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