Majlis to legislate drop in IAEA ties

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=129840§ionid=351020104



A top member of Iran's Parliament (Majlis) vowed to push for legislation to reduce Iran's relations with IAEA following UN Security Council (UNSC) vote on another anti-Iran sanctions resolution.

Describing the US-led effort in the UNSC as "a political, illegal and a failed move," Chairman of the Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi announced that his committee will begin deliberations Sunday to draft legislation for reducing Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mehr News Agency reported Wednesday.

He charged that the United States and Israel were desperately seeking to generate a hot event in order to deviate the global focus on the recent Israeli military assault on Gaza-bound aid convoy Freedom Flotilla.

They are now under the illusion that they have achieved their aim by the UNSC's sanctions vote, said Boroujerdi.

He emphasized that the only way forward in the Iranian nuclear issue will be the Tehran Declaration initiated jointly by Iran, Turkey and Brazil last month.

The senior Majlis member reiterated that his committee's draft of legislation to reduce collaborations with the IAEA would be prepared and submitted to the Majlis floor for a vote.

The foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey, and Brazil signed a declaration in Tehran on May 17, according to which Iran would ship 1200 kilograms of its low-enriched uranium to Turkey to be exchanged for 120 kilograms of 20 percent enriched nuclear fuel rods to power the Tehran research reactor, which produces radioisotopes for cancer treatment.

The nuclear declaration gives Iran the guarantee in had sought earlier in negotiation with the P5+1 group, since the low-enriched uranium would be stored in Turkey and returned Tehran if Iran does not receive the 20-percent enriched nuclear fuel within one year.

Despite the fact that Iran agreed to conduct the fuel swap in a third country — a demand by the West that Iran had previously rejected due to guarantee concerns — the UNSC still went ahead with voting on a resolution imposing new sanctions on Iran.