(dpa) - A
visiting delegation from the United Nations nuclear watchdog and Iranian
nuclear officials ended their one-day talks in Tehran on Monday with the
outcome not yet made public, ISNA news agency reported.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) delegation, headed by Olli
Heinonen, resumed talks with the Iranian side on Monday over allegations that
Iran pursued secret weapons studies.
The three-man IAEA delegation, which will leave Tehran later Monday, held talks
with Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Saeidi, and the country's IAEA
envoy, Ali-Asqar Soltanieh.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini on Sunday rejected press
reports that Iran would discuss intelligence alleging Iran pursued nuclear weapons studies with Heinonen, saying that talks would only be within
the framework of the IAEA and Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Heinonen was in Tehran last week, but Tehran insisted that the visit was just
routine and rejected Western press reports that the talks were solely focused
on the new allegations.
The IAEA inspectors reportedly want answers from Tehran regarding intelligence
received from Western member states on alleged studies of uranium conversion,
high-explosives testing and work on a missile re-entry vehicle, all of which
have potential nuclear weapons applications.
Meanwhile Iran's National Security Council Secretary Saeid Jalili consulted
with his Russian counterpart Valentin Sobolev over an Iranian package
containing Tehran's proposals for settling international disputes.
Jalili said that the package would soon be forwarded to United Nations Security
Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, as well as Germany.
"We have proposals on important global political, security and economic
issues," Jalili said, without giving further details. He confirmed that
the package also contains the dispute over Iran's controversial nuclear
programmes.
The Fars news agency termed the package "Iran's peace package" and
said the contents would soon be disclosed.
Observers doubt that the ambiguous package would meet the main demand by the
international community from Iran which is suspending the uranium enrichment
process.
Talks with Sobolev also focused on the latest developments concerning the
nuclear power plant at Bushehr in southern Iran. Moscow is cooperating with Tehran on building the light-water reactor.
The two sides also discussed last month's halting of a cargo of Russian heat
insulators destined for the Bushehr plant which has not yet been released.
Hosseini said Sunday that Iran was in constant contact with Azeri officials and
the Iranian embassy in Baku to enable the urgent release of the cargo.
Sobolev told reporters after his meeting with Jalili that Moscow had already
started diplomatic efforts to settle the cargo dispute with Azerbaijan at the earliest term.