- Title: IRAN: Iran and IAEA begin talks in Tehran
- Date: 12th January 2008
- Summary: (BN13) TEHRAN, IRAN (JANUARY 11, 2008) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) WATCHDOG CHIEF MOHAMED ELBARADEI SITTING WITH HIS DEPUTIES AT MEETING ELBARADEI TALKING HEAD OF IRANIAN ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION GHOLAMREZA AGHAZADEH LISTENING VARIOUS OF MEETING ELBRADEI AND AGHAZADEH ARRIVING AT NEWS CONFERENCE / SHAKING HANDS CAMERAMAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) WATCHDOG CHIEF MOHAMED ELBARADEI SAYING: "I discussed with Mr. Aghazadeh today how we can work together, accelerate the pace, so we, by my next report to the board in march, I expect, I hope that we have clarified all the outstanding issues." JOURNALISTS TAKING NOTE (SOUNDBITE) (English) INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) WATCHDOG CHIEF MOHAMEDD ELBARADEI SAYING: "I asked Mr Aghazadeh, that we expect Iran to show maximum transparency for us to be able to provide assurance about all Iran present nuclear activities." ELBARADEI AND AGHAZADEH IN NEWS CONFERENCE HALL (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) HEAD OF IRANIAN ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION GHOLAMREZA AGHAZADEH SAYING: "We will be able to give a final report on the four-year-old Iran inquiry to the agency's 35-nation board of governors in March." ELBARADEI AND AGHAZADEH IN NEWS CONFERENCE HALL
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- Story Text: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) watchdog chief Mohamed Elbaradei met with Head of Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Gholamreza Aghazadeh on Friday (January 11) at the Atomic Energy Organization in Tehran.
The IAEA watchdog chief called for swifter cooperation in resolving questions about Tehran's atomic activity, which the West fears will yield atomic bombs.
"I discussed with Mr. Aghazadeh today how we can work together, accelerate the pace, so we, by my next report to the board in march, I expect, I hope that we have clarified all the outstanding issues," Elbaradei said at a news conference after the meeting.
He told reporters that the start of the talks to help defuse Iran's stalemate with world powers over its disputed nuclear ambitions were "frank and friendly".
"I asked Mr Aghazadeh, that we expect Iran to show maximum transparency for us to be able to provide assurance about all Iran present nuclear activities," he said.
ElBaradei will meet Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili on Saturday. He returns to Vienna on Sunday.
Gholamreza Aghazadeh said the IAEA could be assured of full cooperation from Iran.
The Vienna-based IAEA has long sought to verify that Iran's uranium enrichment programme is geared solely to producing civilian energy, not atomic bombs as Western powers suspect.
Aghazadeh called the first talks "very good and comprehensive" and predicted ElBaradei would be able to give a final report over Iran's nuclear programme in March.
The IAEA says Iran cannot be judged on nuclear issues before it permits wider inspections beyond its few declared atomic sites to verify there is no secret nuclear activity geared to bomb-making.
No progress has been made on this issue, but ElBaradei was expected to press for broader inspections. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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