Nuclear
powers stress ’urgent’ Iran cooperation with IAEA
According to Associated France Press the United States, China, Russia, France and Britain reiterated their call Thursday for the Iranian
regime to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog over its disputed nuclear
program. ’We remain concerned by Iran’s persistent failure to comply with its
obligations under UNSC (UN Security Council) resolutions and to meet the
requirements of the IAEA Board of Governors Resolutions,’ the five powers said
in a statement on the sidelines of a non-proliferation meeting in Vienna.’We
stress the need and urgency for Iran to reach an agreement with the IAEA on a
structured approach, including on access to relevant sites and information...
to resolve all outstanding issues, particularly those relating to possible
military dimensions’ of Tehran’s nuclear program, they added. These demands were already spelled out in
a resolution adopted by the board of the governors of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) in November, they noted. Thursday’s statement by the five nuclear powers comes just as the IAEA has
confirmed, it will resume talks with Iran on May 14 and 15 in Vienna over the country’s nuclear program.
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According to Iranian resistance’s statement on May 4,
after two weeks of tiresome talks and after changing eight times the draft
agreement with Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the UN Secretary
General for Iraq, more than 400 residents of Ashraf left the camp for
Liberty. But a few
hours after the convoy had left Ashraf at the presence of UN monitor, the
residents realized that there was no utility vehicle in the column. For one
hour neither transferring residents nor Ashraf residents were able to contact
monitors. Subsequently, it was known that upon the orders of Iraqi authorities,
all the utility vehicles that each had an Ashraf resident onboard had been
returned to Ashraf. NCRI’s statement called the redirection and return of
utility vehicles to Ashraf before the eyes of UN observers as a filthy trick
and betrayal aimed at relocating the fifth group to Liberty where there is no water, fuel or service vehicles.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRI’s president elect called for immediate intervention
of the UN Secretary General and US officials and announced that until when this
issue is resolved and all agreements are fully implemented, she would not
advise anyone to move to Liberty from Ashraf. The residence of camp Ashraf, are the members of the Iranian resistance vowing to
topple the Iranian regime.
Prominent human rights advocate
and attorney Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who represents the Christian pastor
sentenced to death in Iran in a case that sparked international
condemnation, has reportedly been sentenced to nine years in jail for allegedly
“acting against national security” in Iran. Fox news reported that Dadkhah has
represented several political and human rights activists jailed since Iran’s 2009 disputed elections, including
Youcef Nadarkhani, the Iranian pastor charged with apostasy and sentenced to
death for leaving Islam and converting to Christianity.
