Press release 22.11.2011

euronews interview: Ali Asghar Soltanieh

Iran's Ambassador to IAEA

"The terrorists said they had received orders from the Israelis"

The full interview will be shown on euronews, tonight, Tuesday 22nd at 21:45 CET as well as on iPhone, iPad and Android through euronews LIVE app and on www.euronews.net in 11th full services (Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian).

Duration: 10 minutes. The interview was carried out in Persian by Nima Ghadakpour, the euronews' reporter in Vienna, Austria on November 18.

Euronews interview with Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency at the IAEA Vienna headquarters on Friday.

Ali Asghar Solatanieh mentions the anger of Iranians about the publication in the report of the names of Iranian scientists and declares that "This publication is responsible for the assassination of our scientists" and that Director General of IAEA "Yukiya Amano had some responsibility in this story ".

To the question "do you have evidence to present to the international organisations? Ali Asghar Solatanieh says:

"Regarding the assassination of Iranian scientists, we had evidence and already submitted it to the agency. In their confessions, the terrorists said they had received orders from the Israelis. I believe that Iran is not alone today. Tomorrow another country may also be a victim."

As a representative of Iran to the IAEA, do you think your country is able, as you were asked in the last resolution, to be more open and clarify ambiguities in the Iranian nuclear program?

Ali Asghar Solatanieh: "I've already said that inspections would continue as normal. The inspectors continue their visit, the agency cameras film activities on these sites. The agency has images 24 hours per day. This continues like before. The agency carries out its audit work. I say this sincerely: the Islamic Republic has never been a threat to anyone in the world."