Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 19 /Trend/
Iran's nuclear chief delivered a tough speech Monday at the annual International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general conference, dpa reported.
Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani accused the United States, Britain and France of having made up intelligence information that is the basis for the IAEA's concerns about possible nuclear weapons projects.
Regarding the IAEA's questions on weapons, which were not answered under a previously agreed work plan, he only said that the agency should "take brave measures to review the agreed modalities and close the nuclear case of Iran in the agency."
Abbasi also did not mention the letter that Saeed Jalili, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, sent to European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in September, in which he called for restarting talks with the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China.
He restated the accusation that the IAEA was to blame for lethal attacks against several Iranian nuclear scientists, pointing to information sharing between intelligence agencies and the nuclear watchdog.
"We strongly urge the agency to clear its name in cooperating and preparing the ground in these measures," said Abbasi, who himself was wounded in an attack in 2010.
The U.S. and its allies accuse Iran of using its civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has denied the charges, saying its nuclear program is aimed at generating electricity and producing isotopes to treat medical patients.
The last round of negotiations on Iran's nuclear program took place in January 2011 in Istanbul.
According to Ashton, who represented at the talks the "six" (five permanent Security Council members - Britain, China, Russia, USA, France plus Germany), the talks ended without result.
Ashton said that Iranian officials made "unrealistic" demands in the negotiations - lifting of UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic and the agreement under which Iran would continue its research in the field of nuclear energy.
Edited by T.Konyayeva