» 02/22/2012 10:48 IRAN - UN IAEA: failed negotiations on Iran's nuclear program Tehran denies UN technical agency authorization, called to inspect a site south of the capital. The Director General expresses "disappointment" and precludes more talks soon. Iranian envoy speaks of "intense" meetings which will continue in the future. Little progress achieved so far.
Tehran
(AsiaNews / Agencies) - Iran
has denied permission for a team of UN experts, called to inspect a military
site. UN
Agency for Nuclear Energy Agency (IAEA) sources report that negotiators have
not reached an agreement on the inspection area of Parchin, south of Tehran, despite the
"intense efforts" made in the field. The
UN envoys were to clarify the "possible military dimensions" of the
Iranian nuclear program. In
a press release, the Director General of IAEA Yukiya Amano expressed his
"disappointment" because the ayatollahs' regime "has not
accepted our request to visit Parchin."
According to Iran's nuclear
program is peaceful in nature and serves only to energy production, without any
implications of a military nature. In
contrast, the West does not believe the Tehran
and said that studies are designed to produce a nuclear bomb. UN
Atomic Agency sources reported that, after the two days of talks, the team
leaves the country with no agreement on a document that would "facilitate
the clarification of outstanding issues." A
stalemate following the failure of the meetings in January, also failed to
produce results whatsoever.
Analysts
and experts suspect that Parchin is the area where, in recent years, the regime
has tested explosives related to their atomic program. Iran's
envoy at the IAEA, based in Vienna, said Tehran
"expects" new talks for the future with representatives of the
agency. Ali
Asghar Soltanieh described the meetings as "intense" and said they will
continue "in the future."
However, experts stress that so far the negotiations have had "little
progress" and that Tehran's
refusal is "not surprising". Gill
Tudor, spokesman for the IAEA director general, added that "at the moment"
there is no agreement for "more talks" or meetings "in the immediate
future", contradicting the Iranian envoy.
In
recent days the United States
and European Union had expressed "cautious optimism" (see AsiaNews 18/02/2012 Iran's
nuclear program: U.S. and EU cautiously optimistic in resumption of dialogue) for the possible resumption of talks with
Tehran. The
lack of agreement could give new impetus to the interventionist front, with Israel pushing
for a military strike against Iranian nuclear sites.
