IAEA director general ’s remarks on Iran are made under pressure: Iranian official

TEHRAN, March 9 (MNA) – The Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that the remarks by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano about Iran’s nuclear program are made under political pressure.

“Making ambiguous or two-edged statements and raising old issues such as alleged studies without presenting any credible evidence and documents show that there is heavy political pressure on the agency and the IAEA tries to meet certain countries’ political demands,” Mehmanparast stated at his weekly press briefing on Tuesday.

Mehmanparast’s remarks came following Amano’s address to the IAEA Board of Governors meeting on Monday in which he voiced concern over Iran’s nuclear program.

Amano claimed that Iran effectively blocks the investigation into its nuclear program, adding the agency is not able to establish whether Iran’s nuclear program is entirely peaceful as Iran says or masks a covert drive to build a bomb as Western powers claim unless Iran allows the IAEA inspectors to visit its nuclear facilities.