Tehran, Nov 29: Iran will provide the UN's atomic watchdog with all the required information by February and soon sign an additional protocol to the Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT), the country's top nuclear official said today.
However, the Islamic republic still refuses to
indefinitely suspend its uranium enrichment activities, said
Hassan Rowhani, who as secretary of Iran's supreme National
Security Council handles the country's nuclear affairs.
"The government must give its authorisation to its
representative (to the IAEA) to sign (the protocol). It won't
be very long," Rowhani told a press conference.
"The Director General (of the IAEA, Mohamed Elbaradei)
must present his new report in February ... We will put every
means at the agency's disposal so it can verify the
information which we have provided," he said.
The IAEA Wednesday condemned Iran for 18 years of
covert nuclear activities but stopped short of taking Tehran
to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, as
Washington had previously hoped.
The resolution was a compromise between the US call to
censure Iran and demands from Britain, France and Germany that
Iran be rewarded for cooperating since October with the IAEA.
Bureau Report
