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Iran says it will not heed IAEA resolution
Nov 18, 2011, 16:03 GMT
Vienna - Iran will not heed a resolution adopted at the UN nuclear agency Friday which urged Iran to answer questions about a possible nuclear weapons programme, the country's envoy said at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh said that the latest IAEA report which detailed indications for such a programme was 'unprofessional, unbalanced, illegal and politicized.'
'Any resolution on the basis of this report and with any reference to the former UN Security Council resolutions on Iran is not legally binding, thus they are not applicable,' he said.
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