Tehran – Saba:
The Iranian Foreign Ministry and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran affirmed on Saturday that there are no obstacles or restrictions preventing Iran from exercising its inherent and inalienable right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
This came in a joint statement by the ministry and the organization in response to a report by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday, submitted to the Board of Governors meeting.
The Iranian statement said: "The governments of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States have repeatedly violated their commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and UN Security Council Resolution 2231, resorting to illegal unilateral sanctions and pressure that contradict the principles of international law against the Islamic Republic."
It added: "During the IAEA Board of Governors meeting in November 2024, these countries, in an unjustified political move, ignored the achievements of the Director-General’s visit to Iran and pushed for a resolution against Iran, leading many members to reject this politicized and destructive approach taken by the resolution’s sponsors."
The statement considered that "this approach once again proved the lack of sincerity of the three European governments and the United States in their claims of preserving the IAEA’s credibility, as well as their pursuit of an agreement, sparing no effort in using the agency as a tool to exploit the current political process."
It continued: "Despite Iran’s strong reservations regarding the content and direction of the Board of Governors’ resolution issued on November 21, 2024, and its legitimate opposition to the approach of the three European governments and the U.S. as the resolution’s sponsors, the Islamic Republic of Iran continued its extensive cooperation with the IAEA in good faith, based on a principled approach of constructive engagement with the agency within the framework of the rights and obligations stipulated in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement."
The statement further noted: "In this regard, the IAEA Director-General visited Tehran twice, and the Deputy Director-General for Safeguards was hosted twice. Unfortunately, despite this extensive cooperation, the comprehensive report prepared, while acknowledging Iran’s cooperation, does not reflect the true level of this cooperation."
The Foreign Ministry and the Atomic Energy Organization clarified that "in this report, the Director-General, relying on forged documents provided by the Zionist entity, repeated previous biased and baseless accusations. The claims in the current Director-General’s report are based on allegations regarding certain undeclared activities and sites over past decades, despite Iran’s repeated assurances that it has no undeclared nuclear sites or activities."
The statement concluded: "At the same time, Iran cooperated with the IAEA by granting access to the alleged sites, allowing sampling, and providing detailed information and clarifications on multiple occasions regarding the history of the alleged sites."
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