DUBAI, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said he hoped that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would retain impartiality in the settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Sunday following the visit of IAEA’s Director General Yukiya Amano to Tehran.
Iran's president expects that the IAEA will keep a good reputation of an impartial organization, and will play a positive role in ensuring Iran’s right to use peaceful nuclear energy, Rouhani said after meeting with Amano.
Iran treats the negotiations with the P5+1 group of international mediators and with the IAEA with the utmost seriousness. Iran’s main objective in these negotiations is to ensure its legitimate rights, including the right to enrich uranium for use in peaceful purposes, Rouhani said.
The Iranian leader thinks that the final agreement with the IAEA can be achieved in less than a year.
On Sunday, IAEA’s Director General arrived in Tehran and met with Iranian President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Following the meetings, Amano noted that they have been "useful" and he “was very glad to hear from the highest levels a firm commitment ... to resolve all present and past issues through dialogue and cooperation.”
The three-month agreement between the IAEA and Iran on revealing the information on Iran's nuclear program expires at the end of August. The IAEA hold talks with the state at the time when the P5+1 international group on Iran discusses the issue.
In July, Iran and a group of six international mediators — Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Germany — agreed to extend the deadline to reach a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program by four months.
