Tehran, YJC. Iran Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi rejected a claim by an American think tank that Iran has violated its nuclear deal with Western powers.
"Iran has given no word to halt its nuclear research and
development activities,” asserted Kamalvandi speaking at the Tehran press fair
on Sunday, according to Fars news agency.
Rejecting claims that Iran has violated its deal by the
injection of the IR5 gas to its centrifuges he said "Doing so, Iran has
violated neither its safeguard obligations nor the joint plan of action which
was reached last year in Geneva; since Iran can inject gas not only to one
machine, but in the falls for a number of times and so continue its research
and development program without violating the agreements.”
Elsewhere, he said that Iran has no problem to provide clear
answer to all questions within the framework of its commitments but Iran should
not be expected to provide any explanation outside its obligations, Tehran Times
reports.
On Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency issued a
new report on Iran’s nuclear program entitled "Implementation of the NPT
Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions in
the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
Kamalvandi said, "While Iran is holding talks with the six
major powers … and uranium enrichment has been entitled as Iran’s right, the
agency director general’s call that Iran’s uranium enrichment should be stopped
is very odd.”