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VIENNA / IRAN
STORY: VIENNA / IRAN
TRT: 2.27
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 OCTOBER 2009, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
1. Wide shot, IAEA headquarters
2. Wide shot, Iranian delegation on escalator
3. Wide shot, Mohamed ElBaradei on escalator and entering conference room
4. Wide shot, panel inside conference room
5. Wide shot, Iranian delegate inside conference room
6. Wide shot, cameramen
7. Med shot, ElBaradei inside conference room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed ElBaradei, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“We just concluded our meeting of 2 1/2 days on ‘how-to’ modalities, and how to ensure that Iran will have the fuel required for its research reactor. As you know that research reactor is used for producing medical isotopes for diagnosis and treatment of cancer, so it is a purely humanitarian mission, objective. However, everybody is aware that that transaction using Iran's low enriched uranium to be manufactured into fuel is a very important confidence building measure that can diffuse a crisis that has been going on for a number of years and open space for negotiation.”
9. Close up, cameraman
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed ElBaradei, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“I have circulated a draft agreement that reflects, in my judgment, a balanced approach on how to move forward. The deadline for the parties to give, I hope, affirmative action, is Friday, two days from now. And if we do get an affirmative action, then I hope that we will have an agreement we can send it to the Board of Governors.”
11. Wide shot, journalists and cameramen
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed ElBaradei, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“I very much hope that people see the big picture, see that this agreement could open the way for a complete normalization of relations between Iran and the international community.”
13. Med shot, cameramen
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed ElBaradei, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“My proposal has France included.”
15. Wide shot, journalists
Nearly three days of talks supported by the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) wrapped up today (21 October) with a draft agreement on how to provide Iran with fuel for a civilian nuclear research facility.
Those taking part in the discussions at the IAEA’s Vienna headquarters – Iran, France, Russia and the United States – have until Friday to approve of the draft text, which is a “balanced approach on how to move forward,” the agency’s Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei, told reporters today in Vienna.
He expressed optimism that the four nations would endorse the draft agreement, which would be a “very important confidence-building measure that can defuse the crisis that has been going on for a number of years and open space for negotiations.”
The fuel is for use at a research reactor in Iran’s capital, Tehran, which produces medical radioisotopes for therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
If the four countries taking part in the talks endorse the draft agreement, it would then be forwarded to the IAEA Board of Governors for formal ratification.
He voiced hope that if approved, the agreement will “open the way for a complete normalization of relations between Iran and the international community.”
In response to a question, ElBaradei said France was included in his proposal.
The IAEA was selected as the venue for the discussions because Iran has requested the body to facilitate talks with potential nuclear fuel suppliers.
Earlier this month, it was announced after talks between ElBaradei and Iranian authorities that IAEA inspectors will visit a newly disclosed uranium enrichment facility under construction in Qom, south-west of the capital.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the facility violates Security Council resolutions because of the delay in its disclosure.
During his talks in New York in September with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ban repeated his call for the country to implement Security Council resolutions and cooperate with the IAEA on resolving outstanding concerns regarding its nuclear program.
Iran has stated that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but some other countries contend it is driven by military ambitions. The issue has been of international concern since the discovery in 2003 that the country had concealed its nuclear activities for 18 years in breach of its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
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