Member of the presiding board of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) Alireza Salimi told IRNA on Monday that Tehran would collaborate with the IAEA in line with the Iranian parliament’s regulations and the UN nuclear watchdog’s Safeguard Agreement.
According to the legislator, Majlis emphasizes the need for cooperating with the IAEA and sees collaboration as a criterion, but the legislative entity urged the government to stand against non-compliance from the Western sides and the nuclear watchdog.
The IAEA and the Western states should be aware that their expectations to collaborate beyond the Safeguard Agreement as well as beyond the laws of the Islamic Republic would not be met by the Iranians, he noted.
Iran has had transparent and unambiguous cooperation with the IAEA, he said, adding that the country has always backed collaborations in line with laws and regulations.
He further expressed hope that the recent visit by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi to Tehran and an agreement between the two sides would end the enemies' attempts against the peaceful program of Iran.
Grossi paid a two-day visit to Tehran on Friday and Saturday at the invitation of Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami. The IAEA chief held talks with the AEOI chairman, President Ebrahim Raisi as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian.
The visit came to an end with a joint statement by the IAEA and Iran, underlining that the Islamic Republic voluntarily allows the agency to conduct verification and supervision missions if possible. The two sides will determine the way to implement the missions in a meeting in Tehran in the near future.
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