Baku, Azerbaijan, May 26
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
The office of Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2013) has published a statement in which has rejected permitting International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to interview the Iranian nuclear scientists.
Iran's Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif said on May 26 that interviewing Iranian nuclear scientists is not a recent issue as Ahmadinejad administration issued permission for the IAEA to talk with scientists.
The statement of the Ahmadinejad office has called the foreign minister comments "pure lie," Iran 's Fars news agency reported May 26.
Protecting the nuclear rights of the Iranian people was a principle policy during Ahmadinejad administration and he banned any meeting or interview of IAEA or any other international organization with Iranian nuclear scientists in his term, the statement reads.
The statement also recommends Zarif and the Islamic Republic's nuclear negotiators to stop spreading lies and inform Iranians on the entire details and process of nuclear talks with the P5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany).
Zarif has announced that alongside with conducting interviews with Iranian nuclear scientists the IAEA inspectors even visited some disputed centers and places during the Ahmadinejad term.
Last week, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared that Iran would never allow any inspection of its military sites or interview with its nuclear scientists under any nuclear deal with the P5+1.
"I will not let foreigners to come and talk to our scientists and to interrogate our beloved and prominent sons of this nation who brought us this extensive nuclear knowledge," Khamenei said.
Iran and the P5+1 reached a mutual understanding on Tehran 's nuclear program in the Swiss city of Lausanne on April 2. The parties have agreed to finalize a comprehensive deal on Tehran 's nuclear program by the end of June.
Edited by CN
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