IAEA to meet on Iran, Syria, Israel

The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is to hold a meeting at the agency’s headquarters to review Iran, Syria and Israel’s nuclear programs.

The IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano’s latest report on Iran’s nuclear program is due to be discussed in the regular meeting of the agency on Wednesday.

Amano’s report, released early September, has reaffirmed Tehran’s commitment to the agency’s rules and confirmed the non-diversion of Iran’s nuclear activities towards military or banned objectives.

Although the technical details of the report continue to evade most readers, it underscores the Islamic Republic’s successful achievements in technical and scientific activities, particularly enrichment, Iran’s Ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh told Fars news agency after the release of the report.

Earlier, the Iranian envoy said that he would provide the Board of Governors with a technical analysis of the IAEA report.

The Non-Aligned Movement’s statement in support of Iran’s nuclear program, released three days after Amano’s report, will be read out by the Egyptian ambassador to the IAEA during the meeting.

The 35 members of the Board of Governors will also address Israeli and Syrian nuclear capabilities and IAEA technical cooperation programs as well.