AFP, New York :
Iran is willing to submit to the highest level of international transparency on its nuclear program and wants to conclude a final accord as soon as possible, its foreign minister said Wednesday.
“The (UN nuclear agency) IAEA has seen everything and if you’re looking for a smoking gun, you’ve got to wait a long, long, long time before you get one,” Mohammad Javad Zarif told an audience at New York University.
Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — plus Germany have begun drafting a final nuclear accord due by June 30.
The agreement is intended to ensure the wholly peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of a raft of international sanctions imposed since 2006.
Iran is willing to submit to the highest level of international transparency on its nuclear program and wants to conclude a final accord as soon as possible, its foreign minister said Wednesday.
“The (UN nuclear agency) IAEA has seen everything and if you’re looking for a smoking gun, you’ve got to wait a long, long, long time before you get one,” Mohammad Javad Zarif told an audience at New York University.
Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — plus Germany have begun drafting a final nuclear accord due by June 30.
The agreement is intended to ensure the wholly peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of a raft of international sanctions imposed since 2006.
