Iran submits documents of past nuclear activities to IAEA: official

Iran has given the documents of its past nuclear activities to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) together with answers to relevant questions, the spokesman for Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Behrouz Kamalvandi, said here on Saturday. "As agreed with the IAEA, Iran presented its documents and responses to the IAEA about its past nuclear program or the possible military dimensions (PMD) before the deadline," Kamalvandi was quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency. Outlines of the agreement between Tehran and the IAEA to resolve outstanding issues on the PMD of its past nuclear activities are confidential, Kamalvandi said. Kamalvandi praised Yukiya Amano, Director General of the IAEA, for not disclosing the agreement on PMD issue to the US Congress, saying that "It was a big test for IAEA" for keeping confidentiality. Following a meeting with the members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on August 5, Amano denied the the US Congress' request for a copy of the agreement he signed with Iran despite criticism by the Republican senators. "If I do not honor the commitment, no country will share information with us," Amano said. On the sidelines of the deal between Iran and the world powers in the Austrian capital of Vienna on July 14, Tehran and the UN nuclear watchdog signed an agreement to resolve outstanding issue about PMD of its past nuclear activities. The US-led Western powers have long suspected that Iran's nuclear program is aimed at obtaining a nuclear weapon, while Tehran insists that it is solely for civilian purposes. Under the nuclear deal, the IAEA inspectors will have access to Iranian nuclear sites to verify that Iran fully implements the deal in exchange for relieving the country of major economic sanctions imposed by the Western powers.