Iran says IAEA resolution lacks credibility, effectiveness

 Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said that the recent resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against Iran lacks credibility and effectiveness, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.

"IAEA has no other option but cooperating and interacting with the Iranian government," Salehi told reporters, adding that the agency should soften its approach towards the Islamic Republic.

The board of the IAEA adopted a resolution Friday on Iran`s disputed nuclear program, calling for intensified dialogue to find solutions to unresolved issues.

While voicing "deep and increasing concern" over the country`s nuclear program, the UN atomic watchdog said it was "essential" for Iran and the IAEA to "intensify their dialogue" aiming at the "urgent" resolution of all outstanding issues. But Iranian officials stressed Saturday that the resolution will not stop the country`s nuclear program.

Salehi said that Iran has voiced its readiness for cooperation with the agency on the condition that the cooperation falls within the framework of IAEA`s regulations, said the report.

"Amano (IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano) had threatened to publish documents against Iran long time ago, but now that he has issued them nothing happened," Salehi was quoted as saying.

Amano made big historic mistakes in his report and the IAEA will come to realize its big mistakes in the future, he said.

"According to its charter, IAEA is not allowed to publicize any sort of documents (which are related to the members` nuclear activities) and Amano acted against IAEA`s regulations," the foreign minister said.

Despite the IAEA`s unjust approach, the Islamic Republic does not want the agency to become more discredited, he said, according to IRNA.

Earlier this month, the IAEA said in its latest report on Iran` s nuclear program that "credible" evidence showed that Iran has been seeking to obtain nuclear weapons. But Tehran immediately rejected the report, calling it "imbalanced, non-professional and politically-motivated."

Source: ANTARA