TEHRAN, Iran, June 23
Trend:
Possible talks between Iran and the IAEA would help solve the current issues that Iran is having with its nuclear program, expert on international affairs Hassan Beheshtipour told Trend.
He spoke about the recent IAEA Board of Governors resolution against Iran.
The IAEA Board of Governors has adopted a resolution calling on the Islamic Republic of Iran to fully cooperate with the IAEA in implementing its NPT Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol and satisfy the IAEA's requests without further delay.
The resolution follows reports in March and June by the IAEA Director General describing the Agency’s efforts and interactions with Iran to clarify information relating to the correctness and completeness of Iran’s declarations under its Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol, including denial of access to two locations.
The resolution stressed the importance of States complying fully with their safeguards obligations and facilitating access as required when notified by the IAEA.
"Iran has stated that the case has been fully closed in 2015 and there is no need to return to the old topic since the country has already cooperated with IAEA and complied with the rules, so I think these ambiguities are solvable via negotiation," he said.
"Iran should negotiate with the IAEA," said Beheshtipour. "When previous problems were solved, the organization was praising Iran for cooperation."
"China and Russia support Iran as long as it is cooperating with the IAEA. The Europeans are constantly supporting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and their recent behavior does not indicate that they are not supporting the JCPOA ," he said.