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Iran seeks goodwill and not pressure on nuclear checks
An Iranian official said yesterday the UN nuclear watchdog should not let other states pressure Iran on tougher nuclear inspections and that goodwill from all parties could resolve the issue.
Iran has said it is ready to negotiate on signing the so-called Additional Protocol that would allow snap inspections of its nuclear facilities, which the United States says are part of a nuclear weapons programme. Iran denies the charge. The UN watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said in a confidential report obtained by Reuters that Iran had improved cooperation with it, but there were still questions about weapons-grade uranium found at a site in Iran.
?Some countries are about to exert pressure and the IAEA should not let it happen,? Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters. He said Iran had already shown goodwill by allowing the IAEA to take samples and by announcing it was ready to start negotiations on the protocol. But he said ambiguities still had to be cleared up. European Union officials have said Iran should agree to more checks if it wants to maintain good ties with the 15-nation bloc, a key Iranian trading partner. US officials have said Washington wants the issue of Iran?s nuclear programme sent to the UN Security Council.
Iran has said it wants clarifications about some sovereignty aspects in the protocol. Iran says its nuclear programme is purely civilian. It says nuclear facilities are needed to meet booming demand for electricity and so it can keep the country?s massive oil and gas reserves for exports.
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