The purpose of the visit was to advance work towards the resolution of all outstanding issues regarding Iran's nuclear program, including clarification of possible military dimensions, i believe that both sides have a better understanding on some ways forward, though more work will be needed.

Yukiya Amano

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Seen from the United States or Europe, Irans nuclear program often causes most concern, but from the perspective of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the North Korean program is equally worrying.

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Satellite images suggest North Korea is building a light-water reactor and working on uranium enrichment. This is troubling.

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The Iran nuclear issue is on top of the agenda. It is a very comp... by Yukiya Amano

The Iran nuclear issue is on top of the agenda. It is a very complicated issue with long history.

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Yes, (the) production rate is increasing. by Yukiya Amano

Yes, (the) production rate is increasing.

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This paves the way for the IAEA to begin verifying and monitoring Iran’s nuclear-related commitments under the agreement, as requested by the U.N. Security Council and authorized by the IAEA Board.

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I do not have a particular concern that we will not be able to complete our assessment by the 15th of December.

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The Agency has immediate funding needs related to the continuing costs of implementing monitoring and verification under the existing Joint Plan of Action. These total 800,000 euros per month.

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The extra-budgetary contributions which we have previously received for this purpose will be exhausted by the end of September.

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There is now a historic opportunity to resolve the Iran nuclear issue. I hope that full use will be made of this opportunity.

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We have received a request from Syria early this year to convert the HEU fuel to LEU fuel and to repatriate the HEU to the country of origin. We are now studying this request.

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I renew my call to Syria to cooperate fully with us in connection with unresolved issues related to the (Deir al-Zor)site and other locations.

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As far as the implementation of the comprehensive safeguards agreement, we have some good cooperation with Iran, we are also implementing the Joint Plan of Action and we can also say the implementation is good. But with respect to the clarification of issues with possible military dimensions, the progress is limited and this is the area where more ... cooperation from Iran is needed.

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We continue to verify the non-divergence of nuclear material declared by Iran but we are still not in a position to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful purpose.

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I invite member states which are in a position to do so to make the necessary funding available as soon as possible in order to ensure smooth continuation of our activities.

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I call upon Iran to increase its cooperation with the agency and to provide timely access to all relevant information, documentation, sites, material and personnel.

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The agency is ready to accelerate resolution of all outstanding i... by Yukiya Amano

The agency is ready to accelerate resolution of all outstanding issues.

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Iran has not provided any explanations that enable the agency to clarify the outstanding practical measures.

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