Tehran, Oct 05: Iran intends to answer International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) questions over its nuclear programme "as quickly as possible", even though it does not consider itself bound by an October 31 deadline to do so, the Islamic Republic's representative to the IAEA said today. “This date of October 31 is not a criteria for us, because we have not accepted this resolution," ali akbar Salehi said.
"We have said that we do not consider ourselves to be bound by this resolution, but... We will continue to cooperate with the IAEA and will try to make it so that the answers to outstanding issues will be given as quickly as possible," he added.
In a resolution on September 12, the IAEA's board of governors gave Iran until October 31 to guarantee it was not developing and would not develop atomic weapons under the cover of its civil nuclear programme.
Bureau Report