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C. Illegal Resolutions of the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) and UNSC Regarding Iran's Peaceful Nuclear Program

The Islamic Republic of Iran has already made it clear, that based on the provisions of the IAEA Statute and the Safeguards Agreement, the BOG resolutions against Iran are illegal and unjustified. The issue of Iran's peaceful nuclear program has unlawfully been conveyed to the UNSC. In this context, adoption of politically motivated, illegal and unjust UNSC resolutions against Iran is neither legitimate nor acceptable. Therefore, any request by the Agency stemming from those resolutions is not justifiable.

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II. New Developments:

1. As the Director General reported, Iran has implemented voluntarily seven additional practical measures, which were specified in the "Joint Statement on a Framework for Cooperation" (GOV/INF/2013/14). The Director General has declared that Iran has implemented all of the seven practical measures.

2. It should be reminded that the Agency agreed to continue to take into account Iran's security concerns, including through the use of managed access and the protection of confidential information. In this regard, it is a source of concern that a few NGOs and news agencies widely distributed some information claimed to be disclosed by "knowledgeable senior officials close to the IAEA." Therefore, the Agency is requested to investigate this serious matter as soon as possible.

3. Following implementation of the second set of practical measures under the "Joint Statement on a Framework for Cooperation," Iran and the Agency agreed to proceed with five additional measures to be implemented by 25 August 2014. The list of these five practical measures is attached to the joint statement by Iran and the IAEA dated 21 May 2014. The attachment does not have any footnotes. Therefore, footnotes number 55 and 56 of the Agency's report are beyond the agreement and cannot construe any basis for future work with the Agency.

4. Under the "Joint Statement on a Framework for Cooperation," the Agency and Iran agreed "to strengthen their cooperation and dialogue aimed at ensuring the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme through the resolution of all outstanding issues that have not already been resolved by the IAEA." As it was agreed, "Iran and the IAEA will cooperate further with respect to verification activities to be undertaken by the IAEA to resolve all present and past issues." There is no reference in the Joint Statement with regard to the so-called "Possible Military Dimension (PMD)" or "Alleged Studies." Therefore, we have strong reservations to the inclusion of any agreed practical measures already implemented or to be implemented by 25 August 2014 under Section H of the report.

5. Iran has fully cooperated with the Agency by full implementation of all the practical measures under the "Joint Statement on a Framework for Cooperation" within the specified time frame and provided all requested information on those measures. In the same spirit, Iran provided information and explanations for the Agency to assess Iran's stated need or application for the development of Exploding Bridge Wire detonators (EBW). Iran, therefore, believes that all outstanding issues in relation to these practical measures have been resolved.

6. The Islamic Republic of Iran expects that the implementation of confidence-building measures under the "Geneva Joint Plan of Action" and the "Framework for Cooperation" would lead to the resolution of all ambiguities regarding Iran's peaceful nuclear activities and to the implementation of safeguards in a routine manner.

7. It is hoped that the cooperative atmosphere and constructive engagement created between Iran and the Agency would lead to removal of any ambiguities regarding the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme in a step-by-step manner.