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TEHRAN, Jan 11 (KUNA) -- Member of the Iranian Council of Leadership
Experts Ahmad Khatami on Friday called for returning his country's nuclear
file from the UN Security Council to the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA).
Khatami, who made the call during a visit to Iran by IAEA head Mohammad
Al-Baradei, said all reports pointed to the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear
activities.
"Therefore, the Iranian nuclear file should return to the IAEA," Khatami
said during a Friday sermon in one of the Iranian capital's mosques.
Khatami called on Al-Baradei to "close the Iranian nuclear file at the
IAEA" through submitting a positive and realistic report on the nature of the
Iranian nuclear activities.
Khatami also pointed to US President George W. Bush's current visit to the
area and claimed that it (visit) was aimed at "exerting pressure on Arab
states in order to normalize their relations with the Zionist state and
continue the US plan aimed at scaring Arab states of Iran."
The Iranian official called on the Arab states in the area "not to link
their destiny with that of the US president," whose remaining days in office
are numbered. (end)
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