Iran speaker renews warning of suspending IAEA protocol

NewIndPress:

Iran's parliament speaker renewed a warning of suspending the additional protocol of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reports said on Saturday.

"Considering the latest developments, some of the parliament members are considering to finalise a bill obliging the government to suspend the additional protocol," Hadad Adel was quoted by ISNA as saying.

The IAEA board is scheduled to vote Saturday afternoon on a draft resolution by the European Union (EU) trio Britain, France and Germany calling for referral of the Iran case to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions after the November IAEA meeting.

The initial resolution calling on an immediate referral of Iran to the Security Council was revised last Wednesday after rejection by Russia, China and India and the Non-Aligned Movement member states.

The additional protocol, signed by Iran in December 2003, allows the IAEA unlimited and unannounced inspections of nuclear sites of signatory states. READ MORE

The spokesman of Iran's nuclear delegation in Vienna, Javad Vaidi said that the new EU resolution was clearly moving towards a "confrontation course" with Iran.

The Iranian parliament had earlier this month announced that suspension of the IAEA additional protocol would be raised in the first parliamentary session after the summer holidays, Sep 25.

The IAEA demands Iran to immediately stop uranium conversion in the Isfahan plant in central Iran, which Tehran has so far vehemently rejected.