Tehran, June 08: Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani says the recent international Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report about Iran’s nuclear program was commissioned by the United States.
On Monday, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano claimed that the UN nuclear watchdog had received new unspecific information indicating that Iran may not be only developing nuclear energy for civilian purposes.
“I guess the last report has been commissioned by the United States, probably because the Americans are angry with the movements and currents which have begun in the Middle East and North Africa,” Larijani said on Tuesday, IRNA reported.
He made the remarks on the sidelines of a meeting with Singapore Parliament Speaker Abdullah Tarmugi in Singapore City.
He went on to say that the United States’ “confusion” made Washington “damage the reputation of international organizations.”
“Phrases change in the agency’s reports based on the situation,” the Iranian parliament speaker stated.
“When they want negotiations to proceed, they omit these phrases, but when they want to enter negotiations and take the initiative, they use vague phrases in the reports,” Larijani added.
The United States, Israel, and a number of their allies accuse Iran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program.
However, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence indicating that Iran’s civilian nuclear program has been diverted to nuclear weapons production.
As a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the IAEA, Iran maintains that it has the right to develop and acquire nuclear technology meant for peaceful purposes.
——–Agencies