'IAEA not responsible for overseeing countries’ missile activities'

TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is not responsible for overseeing missile activities of countries. Salehi made the remarks on Sunday in response to the IAEA’s latest report on Iran’s nuclear program, in which it is claimed that Iran appears to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research. “The agency is only responsible for the oversight of countries’ nuclear activities. The oversight of missile activities of member states does not fall within the ambit of the agency,” he told . “The agency has no responsibility for dealing with member states’ conventional weapons and missile activities. It is not stipulated by the IAEA Statute and the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,” he said. He added, “If the agency cl