TEHRAN -- The Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee chairman said here on Sunday that the parliament would not reconsider the suspension of the implementation of the additional protocol to the NPT unless Iran’s nuclear dossier is removed from the agenda of the UN Security Council and returned to the IAEA.

Alaedin Borujerdi told reporters that Article 43 of the report by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei emphasized the observation of the additional protocol and previous UN resolutions issued against Iran over its nuclear program. However, he said, the government does not have the authority to implement the additional protocol because it is the parliament that has obliged it to suspend the implementation of the additional protocol.
In 2003, Iran signed the additional protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, providing the International Atomic Energy Agency with unlimited access to all nuclear materials and facilities and allowing the agency to make snap inspections of its nuclear sites; however, the Majlis later suspended the implementation of the protocol in response to the decision by the IAEA Board of Governors to refer the country’s nuclear dossier to the Security Council under pressure from the U.S. and its allies on the board.
Asked why ElBaradei has taken a different stance on Iran by saying that Iran should implement the UN resolutions, Borujerdi replied, ""This is not a change of stance, but an emphasis on stance"" as it has been stressed in Article 43.
Article 43 of the report states “…the Agency is not in a position to provide credible assurances about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran without full implementation of the Additional Protocol… Therefore, the Director General again urges Iran to implement all the confidence-building measures required by the Security Council, including the suspension of all enrichment related activities.""
Despite the IAEA’s acknowledgement that the “work plan” with Iran is making “good progress” in clearing up the remaining questions about Tehran’s past nuclear activities, Washington is pushing for a new round of sanctions against Iran.
However, the top MP called for diplomatic efforts to neutralize U.S. efforts for a new resolution.
“We should make every effort to prevent the approval of a new resolution,” the veteran diplomat insisted, even though Washington is pursuing a new resolution without any legal justification.
He also noted that any new resolution would influence Iran’s relations with the IAEA.
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana is going to present a report about Iran’s nuclear program to the 5+1 group (five permanent members of the Security Council and Germany) after a meeting with Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili in London on Friday, November 30.
“Now that the ambiguities posed by the agency are being cleared up and the agency has actually declared the plutonium and P1 and P2 issues closed, basically there are no longer any reasons to issue resolutions, and we believe that the 5+1 group should hold discussions on returning the dossier from the Security Council to the agency.”