"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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