Chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi once again reiterated that the West should not politicize Iran's nuclear energy program, and urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) not to follow the western countries in its upcoming talks with Iran.

Boroujerdi's remarks came as Iran-IAEA talks are slated in Tehran for February 13.

"If the agency (IAEA) gives up the game and puzzle of the western countries, it can act successfully in its negotiations with Iran," Boroujerdi said on Wednesday.

He noted that the IAEA should consider and care for legal grounds and avoid issuing politicized reports in order to succeed in its talks with Iran.

Earlier this week, Iran's Residing Representative to the IAEA Ali Asqar Soltaniyeh described the recent talks between Iran and the IAEA as "progressive".

Speaking to FNA about two days of talks between Iran and the IAEA in Tehran this week, Soltaniyeh said the two sides had "intense and technical" discussions, and added that "the negotiations focused on technical and legal aspects".

The Iranian diplomat said that 8 representatives from the UN agency were present in the talks, and mentioned that "some points of disputes were resolved during the negotiations, although some others still remain to be solved" in the next round of talks in Tehran on February 12.

Soltaniyeh stated that Iran was ready to continue the talks for one more day since the talks had a progressive trend but the two sides decided to continue their negotiations on February 12 since two IAEA envoys were slated to carry out a different mission in another country.

The talks in Tehran were led by Soltaniyeh and the IAEA Deputy Director-General, Herman Nackaerts.

The last round of talks between Iran and the IAEA was held in Tehran mid December and the two sides discussed a modality plan for their cooperation.

Washington and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, while they have never presented any corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations. Iran denies the charges and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.

Tehran stresses that the country has always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.

Despite the rules enshrined in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) entitling every member state, including Iran, to the right of uranium enrichment, Tehran is now under four rounds of UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions for turning down West's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment.

Tehran has dismissed West's demands as politically tainted and illogical, stressing that sanctions and pressures merely consolidate Iranians' national resolve to continue the path.

Tehran has repeatedly said that it considers its nuclear case closed as it has come clean of IAEA's questions and suspicions about its past nuclear activities.

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