Larijani warns IAEA that Iran may review cooperation

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran's new parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday warned that the country could review its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, after the body expressed grave concern about Tehran's contested atomic drive.

Addressing parliament just minutes after his election, the powerful conservative expressed regret over the latest report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the Iranian nuclear drive.

"Unfortunately, in certain parts it spoke in an ambiguous way. This was used by the media, as you have seen, in the last days. This attitude of the agency is regrettable," he said in the speech broadcast live on state radio.

"Parliament will not allow that such deceptions are made and if they continue along this path, the new...