Tehran slams West-sponsored statement critical of Iran-IAEA cooperation | PressTV - 13 Sept. 2023 |

Tehran has rejected a Western-sponsored anti-Iran statement issued during the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting on Wednesday, saying it is politically motivated.

The statement accused Iran of non-compliance with its safeguards commitments. The document, signed by 62 IAEA member states, called upon Iran to take steps to address outstanding safeguards issues and provide the IAEA with information concerning its new nuclear facilities.

Nasser Kan'ani, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said Iran and the IAEA have made "considerable progress" in boosting cooperation based on a joint statement issued in March.

He said this course has led to the settlement of several issues, and talks are ongoing on the settlement of other issues, which he said are of political origins.

The spokesman stressed that Iran is committed to cooperation with the agency under the safeguards agreement with the IAEA.

"It's a regret that England, Germany, France and the US, which have certain motivations and positions against Iran, have made Iran-IAEA technical cooperation a subject of their political moves," he said, adding that the Western states did this in the name of defending the agency and the safeguards, but they aimed to distort the reality of Iran's sincere cooperation with the agency.

"Of course this measure is not new and also not surprising. In the previous Board of Governors meeting, they had a similar show in the form of verbal attacks and accusations against Iran," he said.

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