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Tehran nuclear deal has broken intl. consensus
TEHRAN, June 6 (MNA) – Ali Akbar Salehi, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) director, has said that the Tehran agreement on nuclear fuel swap has broken the international consensus on the adoption of a new sanctions resolution against Iran.
On May 17, Iran, Turkey, and Brazil signed a nuclear swap deal in Tehran under which Iran agreed to send 1200 Kilograms of its LEU to Turkey to be exchanged for 20-percent nuclear fuel rods to power Tehran research reactor.
“The Tehran declaration broke the international consensus against Iran led by America and Britain, and surprised the Western countries,” Salehi said on Thursday.
“They have leveled some accusations against us just because of negligence and some unintentional mistakes on our part, while such mistakes are considered natural in the case of other countries,” he said.
Salehi, a nuclear physicist, went on to say that global powers are seeking to deprive other countries of the right to nuclear fuel cycle.
UN watchdog has misinterpreted Tehran tests
Salehi also has pointed out that the International Atomic Energy Agency has misunderstood the nature of the experiments at a Tehran laboratory.
Ali Akbar Salehi told ISNA that the IAEA in its report released on May 31 made a “misinterpretation” in a reference about pyroprocessing.
He said the Tehran lab experiments deal with uranium production, not pyroprocessing.
“The experiments have no relation to pyroprocessing,” he said. “We believe the agency used this false report about a process that has not yet taken place, with the purpose of influencing public opinion.”
Salehi stressed such “mistakes” would backfire and only damage IAEA’s reputation.
He added that the lab experiments sought to produce uranium metal from depleted uranium, which is an effective shield against harmful radiation.
Salehi said Iran has plentiful stocks of depleted uranium.
Salehi also dismissed the report that Iran had removed equipment from the Jabr Ibn Jayan Multipurpose Research Laboratory in Tehran. He added Iran would provide the IAEA with evidence at a later date.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iranian’s envoy to the IAEA headquarters in Vienna already criticized the report in comments made Wednesday in the Austrian capital.
On May 17, Iran, Turkey, and Brazil signed a nuclear swap deal in Tehran under which Iran agreed to send 1200 Kilograms of its LEU to Turkey to be exchanged for 20-percent nuclear fuel rods to power Tehran research reactor.
“The Tehran declaration broke the international consensus against Iran led by America and Britain, and surprised the Western countries,” Salehi said on Thursday.
“They have leveled some accusations against us just because of negligence and some unintentional mistakes on our part, while such mistakes are considered natural in the case of other countries,” he said.
Salehi, a nuclear physicist, went on to say that global powers are seeking to deprive other countries of the right to nuclear fuel cycle.
UN watchdog has misinterpreted Tehran tests
Salehi also has pointed out that the International Atomic Energy Agency has misunderstood the nature of the experiments at a Tehran laboratory.
Ali Akbar Salehi told ISNA that the IAEA in its report released on May 31 made a “misinterpretation” in a reference about pyroprocessing.
He said the Tehran lab experiments deal with uranium production, not pyroprocessing.
“The experiments have no relation to pyroprocessing,” he said. “We believe the agency used this false report about a process that has not yet taken place, with the purpose of influencing public opinion.”
Salehi stressed such “mistakes” would backfire and only damage IAEA’s reputation.
He added that the lab experiments sought to produce uranium metal from depleted uranium, which is an effective shield against harmful radiation.
Salehi said Iran has plentiful stocks of depleted uranium.
Salehi also dismissed the report that Iran had removed equipment from the Jabr Ibn Jayan Multipurpose Research Laboratory in Tehran. He added Iran would provide the IAEA with evidence at a later date.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iranian’s envoy to the IAEA headquarters in Vienna already criticized the report in comments made Wednesday in the Austrian capital.
