Iran Ready for Cooperation with IAEA to Resolve Ambiguities: President
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated the Iranian nuclear program’s compliance with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s frameworks, expressing Tehran’s readiness for cooperation and interaction with the UN nuclear agency to resolve ambiguities.
Pezeshkian made the comments at a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi in Tehran on Thursday.
The president stressed that Iran does not seek nuclear weapons, and this is the basic and unchanged stance of the Islamic Republic.
“As we have repeatedly said, we have never been and will never be seeking nuclear weapons, based on a fatwa by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution”, Pezeshkian said in reference to a religious decree issued by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, adding that no one is allowed to defy the Leader’s policy.
The president further said that what Iran is seeking in nuclear technology is in accordance with the IAEA’s legal framework and permission as well as the rights considered by the agency for the other countries, his official website reported.
Based on that, he added, Iran is ready to cooperate with the IAEA to resolve ambiguities over its peaceful nuclear program.
“As we have previously and repeatedly shown our goodwill, we announce our readiness to cooperate and align with this international body to resolve alleged ambiguities over our country's peaceful nuclear activities, although the world has also come to the belief that Iran seeks global peace and security”, Pezeshkian said.
He also spoke about the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or the JCPOA.
The president said that Iran lived up to all of its commitments under the agreement, as confirmed by the IAEA.
“But it was the United States that failed to commit to its obligations by unilaterally withdrawing from the JCPOA,” he added.
Pezeshkian also referred to the failure by the European parties to the JCPOA to honor their commitments, as they also failed to compensate for the US’ withdrawal from the deal.
Also in his remarks, the Iranian president referred to the ongoing Israeli wars on Gaza and Lebanon and the regime’s acts of aggression against Iran, saying that the Zionist regime has violated all international regulations by killing women and children and attacking residential areas as well as schools and hospitals.
Despite all those crimes, the Israeli regime is supported and armed by the countries that claim to be defenders of human rights, Pezeshkian said, stressing that people across the world expect those countries and international organizations to play an active role to stop the Zionist crimes.
“We believe that war does not benefit us, the region and the world. No wise man seeks warmongering and the spread of war. But we will definitely show firm reaction to any action against our security,” Pezeshkian added.