Iran has answered all "serious questions" about its nuclear activities but says some "marginal problems" could arise when the UN's atomic energy agency meets next month, a spokesman said Sunday.
"The serious questions have all been responded to and there is no more ambiguity," foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters two weeks before the next International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting.
Asefi said the next IAEA report due to be released in the coming days would also note "progress" in the work of inspectors currently probing the Islamic republic's nuclear activities.
"We are virtually sure that the agency's report will not provide any pretext for the case to be referred to the Security Council" Asefi said. The United States, which accuses Iran of developing nuclear weapons under cover of generating atomic power, wants Tehran to be declared in breach of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and referred to the United Nations for possible sanctions.
Iran says it is not interested in nuclear arms, and is only trying to meet future energy needs.
Nevertheless, Asefi said that "prior experience has shown that before a meeting (of the IAEA), certain marginal problems can surface." One potential problem, he said, was that of a military site at Lavizan in Tehran - which drew suspicions after satellite photos showed Iran has razed the site and removed topsoil.
Results from IAEA inspections there are also expected in the coming weeks, although Iran has said the site was not a part of its nuclear activities. It said it was merely clearing the military installations to make a public park.
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