"Tehran has repeatedly declared about its performing loyally all the basic provisions of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and even an additional protocol to this treaty which has not yet been ratified by the Islamic republic, but there is the belief that IAEA inspectors have not yet determined the true nature of Islamic nuclear programs," noted the source.
"On the other hand," continued the source, "the IAEA Board of Governors will not turn its back on the problems connected with Iran's nuclear programs and facilities in favor of shifting them to UN Security Council consideration," stressed the source.
IAEA spokesman Mark Gwozdecki, when briefing newsmen at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, made an indirect confirmation of the fact by saying that the September session of the IAEA Board of Governors is unlikely to close Iran's "nuclear file" because though the latest IAEA round of inspections in Iran is over, there are plans for similar inspections in the future on a wider scale.
The IAEA Board of Governors adopted a resolution last June, which does not demand passing over the Iran nuclear programs issue to the Security Council rostrum with the U.S.-favored purpose of adopting anti-Iranian sanctions. But though the resolution is worded in a generally benevolent tone, the fact that the IAEA did not give an adequate appreciation of Iran's "voluntary consent" to join the additional protocol providing for sudden inspections of any nuclear facilities in Iran has caused angry protests from Iran. The EU Troika, that is Britain, France and Germany, claims Tehran, has not kept its promise of closing Iran's "nuclear file" once and forever as soon as Tehran joins the Additional protocol-as to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, it was signed by Iran back under the shah regime-and suspends uranium-enrichment work. The resolution winds up with the statement that Iran's nuclear programs will continue to be scrutinized.
