Don't let superpowers steer UN atomic policy -Iran

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Don't let superpowers steer UN atomic policy -Iran
Sun Oct 9, 2005 9:44 AM ET


TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran warned Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei on Sunday not to let the policies of the U.N. atomic watchdog be steered by superpowers that want Tehran hauled before the U.N. Security Council.

Iran was slow to react to the awarding of this year's peace prize to ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which he heads. The IAEA has been investigating U.S. charges that Tehran is seeking nuclear arms.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi, who declined to comment when ElBaradei won the award on Friday, offered guarded praise in Iran's first official response.

"We congratulate Mr ElBaradei ... but he should try not to let the IAEA fall into the hands of the great powers," he told a news conference.

The IAEA has been investigating Iran's nuclear program for almost three years and last month its 35-member board of governors passed a resolution which could see Tehran's case referred to the U.N. Security Council for sanctions.


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