The Permanent Mission of Islamic Republic of Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency presents its compliments to the Agency's Secretariat and has the honor to request the enclosed document entitled "Explanatory Comments by the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Report of the IAEA Director General to the september 2008 Board of Governors (GOV/2008/38)," to be published as an official INFCIRC document and make it available to the public through the IAEA website.