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IAEA delegation to visit Iran for talks

04 October 2014 00:57 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Iran in the coming days for further talks on Tehran's nuclear issue, Press TV reported on Friday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

Tero Varjoranta, deputy director general and head of the Department of Safeguards of the nuclear monitoring body, will head the team, Iran's envoy to the IAEA Reza Najafi was quoted as saying.

Najafi expressed concern about the leak of confidential information about Iran's nuclear program, saying that "it is regrettable that classified information in the agency has not been protected."

"This issue once again confirms Iran's misgivings that spying exists in the agency," Najafi said, urging IAEA chief Yukiya Amano and other officials to fulfill their responsibilities regarding the confidentiality of information obtained from Iran.

The delay of the process was caused by "complexity, invalidity of the agency's information," he said, adding that "the so called missing the deadline is totally inaccurate."

Iran and the IAEA agreed to implement five practical measures including the cooperation of resolving two points of Iran's nuclear program related to the alleged nuclear weapon plan, so- called possible military dimensions (PMD) to Iran's nuclear plan by deadline Aug. 25 in order to provide greater transparency of Tehran's nuclear program.

However, the IAEA said Iran missed the deadline in implementing three measures, and two measures related to PMD issues have yet to be implemented so far.

Iran said the IAEA should take responsibility for the delaying of the process, because the agency did not share the substantive information and document it obtained with Iran, making it hard for Iran to react to the allegation.