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Iran
declined yesterday to say if Tehran would give its decision on
whether to allow snap inspections of its nuclear sites before the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meets in September.
"The discussions were useful. We expressed our position and they
(IAEA legal experts) gave theirs.
The important thing is the recognition of Iran's right to use
nuclear technology peacefully," foreign ministry spokesperson
Hamid-Reza Asefi told a news conference.
Tehran hosted the experts last week for them to explain the
implications of signing an additional protocol to the nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which would allow UN inspectors to
descend on suspect sites without warning.
The outcome of the meetings as well as the findings from IAEA
inspections will be presented at a crucial meeting in September of
the Vienna-based UN watchdog.
The Islamic republic is under strong international pressure to
prove it is not secretly developing atomic weapons by signing the
additional protocol.
But conservative opponents have called for Tehran to withdraw from
the NPT altogether. – Sapa-AFP.
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