Tehran, April 7, IRNA -- Secretary for Iran`s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Hassan Rowhani said Tuesday the recent agreements with the visiting chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) indicate that the remaining issues with the IAEA would be settled in the next two months.

Talking to the domestic and foreign reporters following his meeting with ElBaradei, he said the next meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors in June would be more positive for Iran than the previous one held in March.

Evaluating the process of the negotiations as positive, he expressed the hope that the final settlement of the case would occur in the near future.

On his meeting with ElBaradei, Rowhani said that some points and questions were put forward by the IAEA head during a three-hour meeting and a timetable was worked out as to how and when the issues would be considered.

He further expressed satisfaction over the outcome of his talks with the IAEA chief and noted that Iran is on the right path because it has managed to settle down a number of issues which were known as important a few months ago.

Answering to a question on what Iran has to do for the IAEA, the SNSC secretary said that it has to take both technical and political measures which include talks with 35 countries comprising the Boards of Governors particularly Russia, China and the European states specially the three ones which have signed the Tehran statement. In answer to a question on whether Iran has agreed to stop enrichment of Uranium, he said Iran has neither discussed nor agreed on the issue, adding that only the voluntary suspension of the enrichment activities has been raised, and there has never been any debate on stopping such activities.

Outlining the issues discussed during his talks with ElBaradei, Rowhani said that Iran has certain problems with the IAEA a number of which have already settled.

One of the major remaining issues, he added, is the existence of contamination in some locations which have proven positive to the IAEA probes and the source of the pollution has to be clarified. On the new schedule to settle the present problems between Iran and the IAEA, Rowhani said the new scheme has assigned no new obligations on Iran but Tehran has just to go on with its talks with the IAEA and answer to its questions.

On Iran-Europe talks, according to the SNSC secretary, Iran has agreed to resolve the problems in a short span of time and then start a lengthy course of talks with Europe probably in May during which Iran will assure the Europe that its enrichment activities will never exceed peaceful purposes and in return get the promise of the Europeans that they will cooperate with Tehran in different areas including providing nuclear technical assistance.

Rowhani stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran has nothing to hide from the IAEA because it has declared all its nuclear programs in its October letter to the Agency and it has absolutely nothing to conceal.

He pointed out that the enemies have always accused Iran of trying to get access to weapons of mass destruction while Tehran has always stressed that such plans have no place in its defense doctrine and the fact that it has the right to possess nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

Pointing out that Iran`s enemies have been striving to make the world countries believe their harsh accusations against Iran, the SNSC official noted that all political, technological and technical efforts of Iran are aimed at proving the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities. Iran has made great achievements in this regard, he stressed.

Regarding the issue of suspension of Uranium enrichment by Iran, he said that the enemies were once scattering the rumor that Iran was carrying out enrichment projects in Natanz and would soon develop atomic bombs, so Tehran decided to suspend the project for a while as a confidence-building approach.

He said Iran will go on with its confidence building to a point where it feels such a trust has been well established. On contamination of certain nuclear equipment, Rowhani stressed that no new cases of contamination have recently been spotted in Iran and the past cases were about contaminated parts purchased from a Malaysian dealer who has admitted, according to the Malaysian police, to having sold contaminated second-hand parts to Iran.

The SNSC secretary further pointed to the three important issues being considered by Iran and the IAEA as contaminations, P2 centrifuge and the statements to be submitted to the Agency in accordance with the additional protocol.

On the commitment of the European countries to Iran regarding nuclear energy, he said they fulfilled their promises in practice during last IAEA meeting by officially standing against the US. However, he admitted, they have fallen short of meeting some of their promises and there are still differences on the timetable of their commitments.

Answering a question on whether Iran would quit the IAEA if its dossier is not closed there, Rowhani stressed that in that case Iran would surely show a strong reaction but it is unlikely to quit the agency.