IAEA: Constant modifications in Parchin have undermined agency’s ability to conduct effective verification.

IAEA: Constant modifications in Parchin have undermined agency’s ability to conduct effective verification.(NCRI).

IAEA: “The Agency is not in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.”

By barring stringent inspection of Parchin, Iranian regime is planning to prevent disclosure of previous military activities and leave open the path for further clandestine activities

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) declared in its most recent report to its board of governors: “at a particular location at the Parchin site, the agency has continued to observe, through satellite imagery, the presence of vehicles, equipment, and probable construction materials. In addition, a small extension to an existing building appears to have [been] constructed.” The IAEA reiterated that “The activities that have taken place at this location since February 2012 are likely to have undermined the agency's ability to conduct effective verification.”

The report states: “The Agency has concerns about the possible existence in Iran of undisclosed nuclear related activities involving military related organizations, including activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile. Iran is required to cooperate fully with the Agency on all outstanding issues, particularly those which give rise to concerns about the possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear programme, including by providing access without delay to all sites, equipment, persons and documents requested by the Agency.”

The summary at the end of the report states: “The Agency is not in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.”

Reza Najafi, the regime’s representative at the IAEA who was upset about the disclosure of illicit activities in Parchin, said, “Still more ludicrous is that it is claimed that a small section has been added to a building near the location claimed by the IAEA and it is not clear what this had to do with the agency.” He absurdly added: The regime “does not need agency’s permission for construction at its sites.” He described “baseless allegations” about the “possible military dimensions of the nuclear program” as “technical and unnecessary details” that have rendered “useless this section of the report” (Fars News Agency, affiliated with IRGC –August 27, 2015).

The recent report by the IAEA indicates that the Iranian regime is extremely fearful of disclosure of its activities at Parchin and attempts to cover up its previous bomb-making activities by obstructing stringent and accurate inspections that would leave the path to future clandestine activities open. Iranian regime’s attitude toward inspection of Parchin demonstrates this fact that mullahs only understand the language of force and they use negotiations, much as in the past couple of decades, to mislead the international community and to continue with their bomb-making project.

As the Iranian Resistance has disclosed on numerous occasions, including in November 2014, Parchin has been one of the principal sites for the organ responsible for manufacturing the nuclear weapon that was previously dubbed “Center for Development of Advanced Defense Technology.”

Saeid Borji, one of the principal directors of this organ was in direct contact with the Ukrainian scientist Vyacheslav Danilenko who built the explosive chamber in Parchin. Borji was the chief of the “Center for Explosives, Blast Research and Technologies” (Metfaz) which is one of the departments of the nuclear bomb-making organ. He obtained Danilenko’s experience and knowledge directly from him.

On the other hand, “Separate arrangement II agreed by the Islamic State of Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency” on inspection of Parchin that was recently reported by the Associated Press is signed by IRGC Brigadier General Ali Hosseini-Tash who is the Iranian regime’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Undersecretary for Strategic Affairs. In the past two decades, in particular when the explosive chambers and blast and explosive experiments were conducted in Parchin, he was among the highest-ranking officials involved in the bomb-making project.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran August 29, 2015

Secret Document Reveals Obama 'Admin' to Give BFF Iran Nuclear Equipment.

Secret Document Reveals Obama 'Admin' to Give BFF Iran Nuclear Equipment.(INN).

Covert draft outlines deal by which US and West give Islamic regime advanced nuclear equipment in return for toning down program.

A confidential paper obtained by the Associated Press and revealed Wednesday outlines some of the concessions the US and other world powers are offering Iran in the nuclear talks that are approaching a June 30 deadline.

According to the eight-page paper, which is dated June 19 and entitled "Civil Nuclear Cooperation," the US and world powers will give the Islamic regime state-of-the-art nuclear equipment in return for Iran stepping down its nuclear weapons program.

There are a number of bracketed sections in the text indicating points that remain under dispute, such as technical cooperation regarding supervising the nuclear program.

Iran would be given light-water nuclear reactors to replace its almost completed heavy-water nuclear facility at Arak, which if completed will be able to produce several nuclear weapons each year.

Iran has also demanded that all sanctions be immediately lifted after a deal is reached, and vowed to use advanced centrifuges as soon as a deal is signed which would allow it to obtain a nuclear arsenal in weeks. Hmmmm.....We can't have Iran waiting 10 years to build the bomb, lets give them the means to build it faster.read the full story here.

Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei: '10-year-Long Nuclear Restrictions Unacceptable'

Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei: '10-year-Long Nuclear Restrictions Unacceptable'(Fars).

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday Tehran will neither agree with a 10-year-long restriction on its nuclear activities nor IAEA verification of its undertakings as acceptable terms for a deal with the world powers.

"The Americans are seeking to destroy Iran's nuclear industry and on the opposite side everyone in Iran, including me myself, the government, the parliament, the judiciary, the security and military bodies and all other bodies, are after a good agreement, that is a fair, just and honorable deal in line with Iran's interests, while stressing on (the country's) redlines," the Supreme Leader said, addressing a meeting with heads of the three branches of power and senior state and military officials, where he elaborated on Iran's redlines and policies in the nuclear talks in explicit words.

The Iranian leader first reminded the history of the negotiations, and said Iran started talks with Washington over its nuclear issue after the US president urged Tehran during the former Iranian administration via a third party to start bilateral talks.

He said the US realized it had been left with no other option but to raise such a request after it saw that all its heavy pressures on Tehran had failed to bring the country to its knee.

Ayatollah Khamenei said while the Americans had vowed to terminate all the sanctions in 6 months, when the talks started "the Americans changed the 6 months to one year first, and then lengthened the negotiations by making repeated excessive demands and even threats to boost the sanctions and speaking of militarism and on and under the table".

The Iranian Leader then presented his assessment of the trend of the talks, and said, "Contemplation and study over the trend of the demands made by the Americans shows that they aim to uproot Iran's nuclear industry and the country's nuclear essence and change it to a caricature and a window without a content."

He said "the Americans mean to destroy Iran's nuclear industry ... and somehow keep the pressures and sanctions at the same time".

Ayatollah Khamenei said Washington's main objective is to make Iran surrender and become a dependent nation, specially considering that Iran is a role model for other countries, and they renege and bargain so frequently and break their promises so often for the very same purpose.

He said negotiation and deal means give and take, but "we have stated since the very beginning that we want the cruel sanctions be removed, of course, we accept to give some points in return but on the condition that the nuclear industry is not halted or harmed".

Elaborating on the redlines, he said, "Opposite to what the Americans insist on, we do not accept long-term 10 to 12 years restrictions and we have told them the acceptable number of years for limitations."

Ayatollah Khamenei described continued nuclear research and development during the period of limited nuclear activities as Iran's second redline, saying "They say that we shouldn't do anything in the 12-year period, but this a doubly wrong and bullying word."

He then pointed to Iran's third redline, and said, "All the economic, financial and banking sanctions, no matter they are related to the Security Council or the US Congress or the US administration, should be terminated immediately and right at the time when the agreement is endorsed, and the rest of the sanctions should also be removed in rational intervals."

The Leader said the US has put forward a complicated, multi-layered and estrange formula for the termination of the sanctions with no guaranteed result for Iran, "but we state our points in very explicit terms".

"Termination of the sanctions should depend on the fulfillment of Iran's undertakings; they should avoid saying that we should do our undertakings and then the Agency (IAEA) needs to verify them before the sanctions are removed, (because) we absolutely do not accept such a thing," he underscored.

The Iranian Leader further reiterated that sanctions removal by the powers should correspond to the undertakings that are fulfilled by Iran, meaning that the sanctions that are to be removed should carry the same weight, value and arrangement of the undertakings that Iran fulfills.

"We oppose the condition that fulfillment of the opposite side's undertakings depend on the IAEA (verification) report because the Agency has proved time and again that it is not independent and fair; hence we have a pessimistic view about it," he said.

Ayatollah Khamenei said the West says before removing the sanctions 'the Agency should be ensured', "what an irrational word this is, how could it make sure, unless it inspects every inch of this land."

He then reiterated his definite opposition to "unconventional inspections, interrogation of Iranian figures and inspection of military centers", citing them as among Iran's other redlines.

The Iranian Supreme Leader underlined that Iran would never accept a deal at any price, saying, "We are seeking to remove the sanctions, but we see them as an opportunity from a different angle because they have caused us to pay more attention to domestic forces and capacities."

His remarks came as Iran and the world powers are trying to work out a comprehensive agreement before the July 1 deadline and the latest reports from the negotiations say that removal of the sanctions by the West has slowed down progress in drafting the final deal.

On Monday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and deputy lead negotiator Seyed Abbas Araqchi complained that progress in the negotiations was not made as expected.

"The differences which exist on the text of (a final) agreement have lessened, but progress is not made as expected," Araqchi said in an interview with the state TV on Monday.

He said the July 1 deadline is not the final date and the seven delegations would hold talks a few more days beyond the deadline if necessary. Hmmmm.....Yup he doesn't have ten years left, still wants to see that first nuke blow, before he kicks the bucket.

WikiLeaks Saudi cable says Obama's BFF Iran shipped nuclear equipment to Sudan.

WikiLeaks Saudi cable says Obama's BFF Iran shipped nuclear equipment to Sudan. (Jpost).

Saudi diplomats in Khartoum believed Iran shipped advanced nuclear equipment including centrifuges to Sudan in 2012, according to a document leaked last week that WikiLeaks says is a cable from the embassy.

"The embassy's sources advised that Iranian containers arrived this week at Khartoum airport containing sensitive technical equipment in the form of fast centrifuges for enriching uranium, and a second shipment is expected to arrive this week," the document, dated February 2012 and marked 'very secret', read.

WikiLeaks last week released more than 60,000 cables and documents which it says are official Saudi communications, and plans to release half a million in total. Saudi Arabia said they might be faked and has not commented on specific documents.

If the cable is authentic, it does not provide details on the source of the embassy's information or any further evidence of the shipment. There have been no previous reports of Iran sending nuclear equipment to Sudan, which has no known nuclear program.

A Sudanese munitions factory was destroyed in a mysterious explosion in October 2012, eight months after the date on the cable, which the Sudanese government blamed on an Israeli air raid. There were no indications that the factory had a nuclear dimension. Hmmmmm......Wasn't this around the time that the nuclear watchdog presented "compelling" evidence of nuclear sanitization at Parchin site. Read the full story here.

Obama 'Admin' prepares for a deal, leaving Nuclear outbreak possibility for Iran— and for Israeli backlas

Obama 'Admin' prepares for a deal, leaving Nuclear outbreak possibility for Iran— and for Israeli backlash.HT: Jpost.

WASHINGTON -- American and Israeli officials have been off script all year on a wide range of issues, caught in public disputes over the wisdom of peace talks with the Palestinians, the fate of Syria and even support for a besieged Ukraine.

But perhaps none is more pressing— no single slight or quip against the other more consequential— than recent alarm bells from Jerusalem over the prospect of a nuclear deal between Iran and the rest of the world.

To the surprise of many, negotiations under way in Vienna are on pace: diplomats will begin drafting the final agreement next week, and all sides publicly express optimism that a deal can be forged by the self-imposed deadline of July 20.

According to US officials, President Barack Obama will not tolerate a nuclear agreement that falls short of practical incapacitation: the White House is prepared to accept continued nuclear work in Iran, so long as the Iranians are not technically able to produce a nuclear weapon.

That standard requires persistant checks on multiple fronts: research and development would have to be invasively monitored, centrifuges would have to be dismantled, and remaining enrichment sites would require constant oversight. And the international community would have to rely on the International Atomic Energy Agency to successfully police the deal on a daily basis, possibly for decades.

Israel's fears are in these details. Iran's retention of active research teams will be hard to police; they have finely honed the efficiency of Iran's centrifuges, enabling Iran to break out from low levels of uranium enrichment at a quicker pace.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu fears Iran will be left with more of a nuclear capability than the world will want to admit, at the whims and under the watch of a United Nations agency he does not trust, no longer under the yoke of sanctions designed to cripple the program.Hmmm.........Iran Denies IAEA Access to Parchin.......Because they have NOTHING to hide. Read the full story here.

Iran Denies IAEA Access to Parchin.......Because they have NOTHING to hide.

Iran Denies IAEA Access to Parchin.......Because they have NOTHING to hide.HT: UskowiOnIran.

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) last week reportedly denied IAEA inspectors access to Parchin military base outside Tehran.

The IAEA delegation had traveled to Iran “a few days earlier within the framework of cooperation between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog.” (Fars News Agency, 3 May)

Fars, referring to a statement made by AEOI spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi in February, implied the IAEA team was not allowed to visit Parchin.

“(IAEA inspectors) are not legally entitled to visit Parchin since (Iran) has not accepted and is not exercising the Additional Protocol (to the NPT),” Fars said today.

IAEA has always maintained that there are strong indicators of possible previous work related to nuclear weapons development taking place at Parchin military base. And IAEA inspectors have to report back to the nuclear watchdog agency of the existence, currently or in the past, of any possible military dimension to Iranian nuclear program.

Meanwhile, thousands of people gathered today at the former United States Embassy in Tehran to protest against the government’s interim deal with world powers over the country’s nuclear program, and warning the government against selling out Iran’s interests during the on-going negotiations for a final and permanent nuclear accord.

PM Netanyahu: Iran has not altered behavior, enjoys the benefits of eased sanctions.

PM Netanyahu: Iran has not altered behavior, enjoys the benefits of eased sanctions.(Jpost).

Iran has so far gained a great deal without giving up anything significant, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday, two days before the planned resumption of talks between world powers and Iran aimed at reaching a long-term agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program.

“It has received a major easing of sanctions, and the Iranian economy is already responding appropriately,” he said at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting.

“Iran is also continuing its aggressive policy both inside Iran and outside Iran. Inside Iran, it is executing innocent people. Outside Iran, it supports the continued killings by the Syrian regime, which would be unable to act without its support.”

Netanyahu said Iran was also continuing to arm terrorist organizations with advanced, deadly weapons “and, of course, it is continuing to call for the destruction of the State of Israel.”

Even with the interim agreement, Iran was continuing advanced research and development of centrifuges and was not prepared to concede even one centrifuge, the prime minister said.

“Israel’s policy is clear and is active on two tracks,” he said. “First, to expose Iran’s unchanging aggressive policy.
And second, to demand the dismantling of Iran’s enrichment capacity. Iran does not need any centrifuges for nuclear power for civilian purposes.”Read the full story here.

Official: Iranˈs advanced centrifuges, Arak heavy water reactor should be included in final nuclear agreement.

Official: Iranˈs advanced centrifuges, Arak heavy water reactor should be included in final nuclear agreement.(Taz).

Iran will not give up the future use of advanced IR-2M centrifuges and its heavy water Arak reactor as part of any long-term comprehensive agreement with the world powers, said Hamid Baeedinejad, a member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team. (IRNA, 16 February)

Under the 24 November Geneva agreement, in force for six months, Iran has stopped construction activities to complete its Arak reactor and has agreed not to replace the older IR-1 centrifuges with the advanced machines.

If the completion and operationalization of Arak and the future use of the new centrifuges are Iran’s non-negotiable demands, as suggested by Baeedinejad, they could become obstacles to strike a final and comprehensive deal with the world powers at talks that will begin later this week in Vienna. It is also not clear why Iran accepted those limits in the interim Geneva agreement, if it does not accept them in any final deal.

Iranian MP: Tehran didn’t intend to enrich uranium up to 20 per cent.......Honestly.

Iranian MP: Tehran didn’t intend to enrich uranium up to 20 per cent.......Honestly.(Taz).By Rahim Zamanov.

Iran didn't intend to enrich uranium up to 20 per cent in the first place, a member of Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said on Feb. 14. Iran's IRNA News Agency reported.

"We asked the West to provide us with 20-per cent enriched uranium, but they requested some 1,756 kilograms of enriched uranium in return," Esmaeil Kowsari explained.

"The West wanted the deal to be carried out in Turkey, but Iran's supreme leader said that if they were honest, they would do it in Tehran," he said.

"When the West refused to provide us with 20-per cent enriched uranium, Iran started to enrich uranium itself under the order of the Supreme leader," Kowasari noted.


The U.S. and its Western allies suspect Iran of developing a nuclear weapon - something that Iran denies. The Islamic Republic has on numerous occasions stated that it does not seek to develop nuclear weapons, using nuclear energy for medical researches instead.Hmmmm........Iran Nuclear chief: Iran not to miss its right to produce 20 percent nuclear fuel .....60% when needed. 

Iran Nuclear chief: Iran not to miss its right to produce 20 percent nuclear fuel .....60% when needed.

Iran Nuclear chief: Iran not to miss its right to produce 20 percent nuclear fuel .....60% when needed.(Taz).

Iran's current reserves of 20 percent enriched uranium fully corresponds to its nuclear fuel demands, but the country will not miss its right to produce 20 percent nuclear fuel whenever needed, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Ali Akbar Salehi said, Iranian ISNA news agency reported on Feb. 10.

Salehi went on to say that, if Iran needs any level of enrichment in the future, and its demands are not supplied by the western side, the country itself will produce it.

"If Iran needs 60 percent enriched uranium for its peaceful program, it has the technology to do it," he added.

Commenting on the west's concerns about the Arak heavy water reactor, Salehi said weapons-grade plutonium is not produced by the Arak reactor."Iran does not have reprocessing plant to extract the plutonium," he added.

He also underlined that Iran can make some technical design changes to the Arak heavy water reactor in order to produce less plutonium.

Iran and the P5+1 reached a nuclear agreement on November 24, 2013. Iran has agreed to curb some of its nuclear activities including 20 percent uranium enrichment and construction activity at the Arak heavy water reactor for six months in return for sanctions relief. Iran and the P5+1 group have agreed to implement the agreement starting from Jan. 20.

Iran diluted about 100 kg of nearly 20 percent pure U-235 to 450 kg of LEU (3.5 percent low enriched uranium) on Jan. 20. The arranged 164-centrifuge cascades have been disconnected, but are still active and produce LEU.

Iran currently has enough 19.75 percent enriched nuclear fuel to meet the needs of the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) for four years.This means Iran needs neither 3.5 percent nor 19.75 percent pure nuclear fuel for four years.Hmmm.....As i said before a 'Turkish bazaar' Backroom Deal.

Iran: "No access to Parchin military site in UN nuclear deal."

Iran: "No access to Parchin military site in UN nuclear deal."(HD).

Iran agreed Feb. 9 seven more ‘practical steps’ with the U.N. nuclear watchdog in talks seeking further safeguards to enhance transparency on Tehran’s nuclear drive, a top official said.

However, Tehran also added that it has not granted the U.N. atomic watchdog access to the Parchin military site, where the agency suspects experiments relating to nuclear weapons development may have occurred.

“Visiting Parchin is not included in the seven steps,” the spokesman for Iran’s atomic energy organization, Behrouz Kamalvandi, told the ISNA news agency, referring to elements of an agreement reached Feb. 9.

Seven more practical steps in regards to cooperation with the (International Atomic Energy) Agency was agreed” that need to be implemented by May 15, Iran’s envoy to the Vienna-based body, Reza Najafi said.

The remarks reported by Iranian media were attributed to a joint statement that came after two days of talks between five IAEA experts and Iranian nuclear officials led by Najafi.

No elements of the deal were publicized and Najafi reportedly said IAEA director general Yukiya Amano would brief the agency’s board of governors.

There was also no mention whether discussions had broached long-standing allegations that prior to 2003, and possibly since, Iran’s nuclear work had “possible military dimensions” as suspected by the IAEA.

The deal required Tehran to take six practical steps that included visits to the unfinished site of a so-called heavy water research reactor in Arak and a uranium mine in the south.

Also required from Iran was information on future research reactors, identifying sites of new nuclear power plants, and clarification on Iranian statements regarding additional enrichment facilities and laser enrichment technology.

Western powers and Israel suspect that Iran’s nuclear drive masks military objectives, a claim Tehran repeatedly denies.

The November deal, struck after two years of on-off talks, was separate from a landmark agreement reached with world powers the same month that has placed temporary curbs on Iran’s nuclear activities. Hmmm.....As i said before a 'Turkish bazaar' Backroom Deal.

Israel's PM Netanyahu to Focus on Iranian Nuclear Threat at U.N.

Israel's PM Netanyahu to Focus on Iranian Nuclear Threat at U.N.(NYT).


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Tuesday that he would focus on halting Iran’s nuclear program in a meeting with President Obama in Washington at the end of the month and in his annual speech before the United Nations General Assembly, using the Syria situation to increase pressure for a “credible military threat.”

“A recalcitrant state that develops or acquires weapons of mass destruction is certainly likely to use them,” he said. “Only a credible military threat can allow diplomacy or other steps to effect a halt to this armament process.”

Separately, Israel’s minister of strategic affairs expressed skepticism on Tuesday about reports that Iran might be willing to close the Fordo nuclear reactor near Qum.

“We don’t care about talk, we care about actions,” the minister, Yuval Steinitz, said on Israel Radio. “The centrifuges are spinning.”

Though the closing was one of Mr. Netanyahu’s four demands, Mr. Steinitz called it “a small step that on its own is almost meaningless” because Iran has other plants, suggesting that it would simply reduce Tehran’s capacity to produce “seven nuclear bombs a year” to six.

“Iran has to be made to face the following dilemma: Do you want to save your economy? Give up the nuclear program,” Mr. Steinitz said. “If you continue with your nuclear program, you will cause the collapse of the Iranian economy and will bring about the very realistic possibility of a military strike to destroy your nuclear facilities."

Iranian President Prepared to Shut Down Fordo Nuclear Site, which was 'Cleaned' a year ago.

Iranian President Prepared to Shut Down Fordo Nuclear Site, which was 'Cleaned' a year ago.(Spiegel).

International sanctions are taking their toll on Iran’s economy, and it now appears that new President Hassan Rohani could thus be willing to make concessions in the country’s long-running standoff with the West over its nuclear program.

Nothing — not even Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons — is a source of such deep concern for the West and Israel as Iran’s nuclear facilities, such as Natanz, Isfahan and Fordo. The installation at Fordo, not far from the holy city of Qom, is viewed as a particularly grave threat.

Researchers working underground there are using 696 centrifuges to enrich uranium to 20 percent. Afterwards, it only takes a relatively small step to create the material required to build nuclear bombs. Fordo, which didn’t go into operation until late 2011, is reportedly the most modern plant in the Iranian nuclear program which — despite all denials from Tehran — the world believes is designed to give the Islamic Republic the ultimate weapon. What’s more, Fordo is believed to be virtually indestructible. Even bunker-buster bombs would hardly be powerful enough to disable the facility — the enrichment cascades lie 70 meters (230 feet) under the surface.

But the long-smoldering nuclear dispute with Tehran may be about to take a sensational turn. SPIEGEL has learned from intelligence sources that Iran’s new president, Hassan Rohani, is reportedly prepared to decommission the Fordo enrichment plant and allow international inspectors to monitor the removal of the centrifuges. In return, he could demand that the United States and Europe rescind their sanctions against the Islamic Republic, lift the ban on Iranian oil exports and allow the country’s central bank to do international business again.

Rohani reportedly intends to announce the details of the offer, perhaps already during his speech before the United Nations General Assembly at the end of the month. His foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, will meet Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s top diplomat, in New York next Sunday and give her a rough outline of the deal. If he were to make such wide-ranging concessions, President Rohani would initiate a negotiating process that could conceivably even lead to a resumption of bilateral diplomatic relations with Washington.Hmmmm.....So much for a 'new approach' this plan was hatched months ago way before Rouhani's election!

How about the new suspected site?

Update:  

Official: Iran not to close Fordo nuclear facility

Tehran ready to allow experts to Parchin in exchange for deal with IAEA – Iran’s ambassador to Russia

Tehran ready to allow experts to Parchin in exchange for deal with IAEA – Iran’s ambassador to Russia.(RT).

The protocol should contain all IAEA’s concerns about Parchin and all other objects which the agency suspects of being nuke-oriented, Seyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi has told the Russian media. “And if they don’t find anything, let’s close Iran’s nuclear file and remove it from the UN Security Council.”

The ambassador recalled that Parchin, which the Agency suspects could have been the site of high-explosives tests related to nuclear weapons, had been fully inspected by the IAEA, but then, he said, the agency wanted to undertake further inspections.

“We agreed with a condition that such a protocol would be signed,” the diplomat said. “We displayed flexibility. We offered – let’s sign a protocol and spell out in detail all accusations.” But international experts want to visit the suspected facility prior to signing the protocol – “this is a game,” the ambassador said.

“We did not see sincerity in the way that IAEA and Yukiya Amano, director-general of the UN nuclear watchdog behaved,” Sajjadi said.

Besides Parchin, the IAEA has suppositions over another Iran’s facility – Fordo uranium enrichment plant – and demands its closure. Speaking to journalists, Sajjadi noted that Iran was not obliged to close the facility and stop uranium enrichment.

"Have you read the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons? Does it say that we have no right to enrich uranium to 20 percent?" Sajjadi asked.

He said the demand to shut down Fordo and stop uranium enrichment was “unfair and ridiculous” and Iran has become a victim of double standards of the IAEA and the US.

"We doubt the sincerity of the West, because in the past they have done to us illogical proposals, including the closure of Fordo, and promised to allow us to buy gold and metals, as well as to authorize export of petroleum products. But it is unfair and ridiculous proposal ,” said Sajjadi.

"The IAEA was designed to safeguard that no one is developing nuclear weapons. But Israel has a nuclear bomb, and no one cares," said the Iranian ambassador.

He assured that Iran does not pursue nuclear weapons as supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made a decision not to build nuclear weapon.

“Religious fatwa is above the law”, Sajjadi stressed.

Moreover, nuclear weapons would not ensure security for Tehran, but “on the contrary would bring risk”, he said."Now Iran can develop two or three bombs from the materials it possesses. But if you had a gun with two bullets, would you really go to war against an army?" said Sajjadi.

The Islamic Republic insists it has no interest in nuclear weapons, and says it is enriching uranium for purely peaceful purposes, such as nuclear power.There have been attempts from both sides to find common ground in the issue, but negotiations have yielded no results.The latest Iran’s nuclear talks in Kazakhstan in April also brought no breakthrough with negotiators going back to their capitals declaring “positions remain far apart”.
Since then no date or place has been set for new talks.

Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is expected to visit Moscow on July 1-2 as Russia hosts a forum of gas exporting countries.“The Iranian president has been invited, and so we are expecting his visit," Sajjadi said at a meeting, stressing that Ahmadinejad still will be acting president.Hmmmm......After 'cleaning' the site for almost a year.Read the full story here.

Iran says IAEA delegation’s visit to Parchin not planned

Iran says IAEA delegation’s visit to Parchin not planned.(TI).Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Fereydoun Abbasi Davani said today that IAEA delegation will not visit Parchin Military Base.
Abbasi told this ISNA an hour after beginning of negotiations between Iran and IAEA delegation in Tehran on Feb. 13.
However, Abbasi underlined that talks between Iran and IAEA will be continued until a logical result is achieved, adding that Parchin is a military base, not a nuclear site.
"IAEA should provide reliable evidences and documents regarding the alleged claims, but it refuses to do so," he said.
The IAEA wants to revisit Parchin, a military site in southeast of Tehran, to probe Western and Israeli allegations regarding the site's relation to Iran's nuclear program.
Iran has rejected the allegation of nuclear activities being carried out at Parchin.
Yesterday Abbasi announced that IAEA does not have sufficient security to prevent the leakage of sensitive information.
Iran allowed the IAEA to inspect the site twice a few years ago. Tehran says any new agency inspection must be governed by an agreement that lays out the scope of such a visit.
Abbasi said that a visit to Parchin is not planned, but the talks will be continued to find legal framework for IAEA's future inspections in Parchin.Read the full story here.

Chess player Iran hints it will allow UN inspectors at Parchin plant, Converting Enriched Uranium to Reactor Fuel.

Chess player Iran hints it will allow UN inspectors at Parchin plant, Converting Enriched Uranium to Reactor Fuel.(JPost).Iran hopes positive steps will be made at talks on its nuclear program with world powers in Kazakhstan this month, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday during a trip to Russia, one of the countries that will take part in the talks. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast hinted that the Islamic regime may permit United Nations inspectors to visit its Parchin facility as part of an agreement with the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, whose inspectors are due in the country on Wednesday.
Mehmanparast also confirmed that Iran is converting some of its higher-grade enriched uranium into reactor fuel.
"This work is being done and all its reports have been sent to the IAEA in a complete manner," Mehmanparast was quoted as saying on Tuesday by Iran's state news agency IRNA.
He was responding to a question on news reports that Iran has converted some of its 20-percent-enriched uranium into fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor, IRNA said.
Diplomats accredited to the IAEA in Vienna told Reuters that Iran had apparently resumed converting into fuel small amounts of higher-grade enriched uranium - a process which if expanded could buy time for negotiations between Washington and Tehran on its disputed nuclear program.
The possibility of Iran converting enriched uranium into fuel - slowing a growth in stockpiles of material that could be used to make weapons - is one possible way in which the nuclear dispute between Iran and the West could avoid hitting a crisis by the summer.Hmmm....They really take the rest of the world for fools.Read the full story here.