Iranian envoy says anti-Iran resolution contains nothing important

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the resolution adopted against the Islamic Republic contained nothing special and only called on the country to increase its cooperation with the agency. The IAEA Board of Governors adopted a resolution against Iran over the country’s nuclear program by a vote of 32 to 2, with one abstention, on Friday. “However, our major problem with the resolution was that it referred to the previous resolutions issued by the United Nations Security Council and the IAEA Board of Governors, because we believe that the resolutions had no legal weight and should not have been mentioned in the resolution,” Ali Asghar Soltanieh told . Commenting on the official invitation extended in June by Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Director Fereydoun Abbasi Davani to IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano to visit Iran’ nuclear facilities, Soltanieh said that Amano refused the invitation and created a negative atmosphere among IAEA member states. He also said that the important thing that happened in regard to the recent resolution against Iran was that despite the great efforts of the United States, there was a lack of consensus about issuing the resolution. “In a statement issued recently by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) about Iran Amano has been severely criticized for practicing discrimination among members,” he said. “Before publishing the text of report on Iran for all members, Amano had informed five nuclear weapon states of the content of the report,” he said. “The confidential information of the report had been published by the press before the members obtained it. These two moves drew criticism from NAM member states.” He went on to say that Amano was requested by the statement to present a report and explain how the information leaked to the press.