TEHERAN, Iran - Iran promised Sunday to improve its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog if the agency, instead of the U.N Security Council, takes charge of its nuclear dossier. 'If the case is returned to the agency itself, it would be possible to review current ambiguities better than before,Â’ Mohammed Ali Hosseini, spokesman for IranÂ’s Foreign Ministry, told journalists. The agency is the best and the most qualified body for the case.Â’Hosseini sought to show that Iran had cooperated with the International Atomic Energy Agency in the past and was ready for greater cooperation, provided that the nuclear watchdog agreed to its requests. Hosseini mentioned that Iran had granted IAEA inspectors access to the Lavizan site, a former nuclear research facility. 'The request by the agency, for taking sample, has been accepted,Â’ he said about a visit the IAEA mentioned in a report in April.
If the IAEA had agreed to IranÂ’s request for assistance building a heavy-water nuclear reactor, Iran would already have increased its cooperation, the spokesman said in remarks that showed Teheran was disgruntled with the IAEA decision. 'If they (the agency) had approved the help, then the ground would be ready for the presence of its inspectors,Â’ Hosseini said.