Speaking to Khabar Online, Falahat-Pisheh who is the representative of Kermanshah city in the Majlis commented on the latest report of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors claiming Iran is seeking a nuclear weapon.
As a member of the IAEA and a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Tehran firmly rejects such allegations and stresses that the program is aimed at peaceful purposes including medical research and treatment as well as producing electricity.
"Through leveling accusations, the IAEA is to make a resemblance between Iran and Iraq of 1991. When based on its own rights the Islamic Republic of Iran prevents some inspections to be carried on by IAEA, they repeatedly pass resolutions against Iran, but the truth is Iran’s situation cannot be resembled to Iraq," he said.
The lawmaker stressed that within the framework of NPT, the Islamic Republic has had the best relation with the IAEA and has accepted to be monitored excessively by the inspectors of the agency.
Falahat-Pisheh went on to say that based on NPT, the agency has not fulfilled its duties: "One of the responsibilities of IAEA is to provide nuclear fuel for the member countries, but in fact the agency didn't provide for 850,000 Iranian patients who are suffering from cancer and need radio drugs which are produced by nuclear fuel."
"If such inspections can be safeguarded, they will be accepted by Iran, otherwise it will be against the law and IAEA should not have such expectation," the member of national security commission of the Majlis said.
Referring to the latest report issued by IAEA's director general Yukiya Amano, Falahat-Pisheh asserted: "Through a series of documents, he has invoked issues which had already been resolved as the former IAEA's director general Mohammad El Bradei had noted."
A few years ago, the Islamic Republic of Iran introduced a sixth-stage plan to respond to concerns of the IAEA and the agency was not supposed to raise the issues again. However the latest report of IAEA's director general refers to issues which according to Iranian officials were not supposed to be invoked again.
Responding to a question on the revision of Iran's cooperation with IAEA and what such revision would imply, the lawmaker said: "Currently this is a general proposal, but in my view the current relation of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the IAEA embraces a number of legal arguments which we can invoke when it’s needed."
"We should not play in a court which has been designed and prepared by the United States and Israel, "Falahat-Pisheh suggested.
He added: "As a safeguard project, revision in relation to the IAEA is a plan which can be considered and implemented by the members of national security and foreign policy commission of the Majlis. However I don't believe we should take a radical stance against the IAEA since such measure would deteriorate the legal foundations in force between us, the 5+1 group and the world.”
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