IAEA Chief Urges Continuation Of Talks With Iran

Vienna, March 5, IRNA – Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano Monday urged the need for continuation of Iran-IAEA talks to finalize a ˈstructured approachˈ to clear remaining concerns over peaceful nuclear activities of Tehran. Addressing opening session of the seasonal meeting of the agencyˈs Board of Governors in the Austrian capital, Amano stressed reaching an agreement with Iran on structured approach. Iran has repeatedly reiterated its commitment to continue talks with the IAEA to settle the remaining issues and also stressed that any success to this end needed a peaceful atmosphere far from the present political and media propaganda. The last round of Iran-IAEA talks was held about three weeks ago in Tehran. The two sides have been engaged in various rounds of talks in the previous year to formulate a modality plan to clear all doubts about the so-called Possible Military Dimension (PMD) of Iranˈs peaceful nuclear activities. Iran believes that the modality plan made in 2007 between the two sides could be a proper pattern to set the new modality./end