Iranian foreign minister, Dr Kamal Kharrazi, on Wednesday said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should evaluate its technical and professional identity on the basis of its commitments to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and be careful not to make the situation more complicated.

Speaking to the reporters on the sidelines of the cabinet meeting, Dr Kharrazi added that if Europe fails to fulfill its commitments , the cooperation process would stop.

Regretting the improper decisions that might be taken by the IAEA board of governors, he emphasized: Such decisions will make us to react.

Concerning the US pressures on the meeting of IAEA board of governors, Dr Kharrazi noted that the US seizes every opportunity to exert pressure on Iran.

Despite the fact that we rendered optimum cooperation to IAEA and continued our talks with the Europeans, the US strategy has remained unchanged, he said adding : Unfortunately the Agency is also at times being influenced by the US.

Turning to a letter addressed to IAEA, he said: We had stressed that our cooperation should be conducted on a mutual basis.

Once we take some measures, the opposite party should reciprocate them, in order that the affairs proceed properly.

It is natural that one should not expect the affairs to proceed well unilaterally, he added.

If one party does not fulfill its commitments, the cooperation will not continue and it should be determined how the Europe would like to live to its obligations.

Dr Kharrazi underlined that utilizing nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, is the undeniable right of the Islamic Republic , and stipulated: We have volunteered to temporarily suspend enrichment of uranium to build up confidence in mutual ties; and afterwards when our relations with the Agency are normalized, we surely restart the enrichment process.

He said that negotiations between Iran and the countries about IAEA decisions are part of the political talks held with the European and other countries that play a role in the Agency meeting.

In response to a question by a reporter as to whether Majlis speaker Mehdi Karrubi`s visit to France was in line with the same issue, he replied: Mr Karrubi made a stopover in France on his way to Senegal to attend the inter-parliamentary meeting in Dakar.

Stressing that the project , besides belonging to Iran, is also related to Europe, Dr Kharrazi recommended the three European countries whose foreign ministers attended Tehran conference, to be committed to their obligations , in case they want the project to be continued and eventually attains a result beneficial for both sides.

The European countries should resist the US improper pressures; otherwise there is no reason why we should continue such cooperation, he added.

Referring to Iraq`s interim constitution, Dr Kharrazi stipulated that though it is provisional, there exist some concerns about it which naturally should be taken into consideration in drawing up the law.

The constitution should provide for stability, security and integrity of Iraq.

Meanwhile, so far as a move has been launched to provide the preliminary grounds for transfer of power to the Iraqi people, it is worthy of attention, he added.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Dr Kharrazi said that Iran-Iraq borders have been closed as a consequence of the recent tragic events in the country and the uncontrollable border-crossing by Iranian pilgrims who have ardent desire to visit the holy shrines there, and who have managed to enter into the country without obtaining passports and other required documents.

The government wants to let Iranians go on pilgrimage to neighboring Iraq, but this requires some arrangements and organization, he added.

Expressing hope that arrangements for pilgrimage would be made intheframework of a new organization, Dr Kharrazi said: Iran`s Hajj and pilgrimage Organization is also responsible in this respect, and we hope that it would handle the issue in a broader scope, given its wide experience.