国际英语新闻：Iran says IAEA "under political influence" on nuclear program

TEHRAN, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi said Monday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was under political influence in its reports on Iran's nuclear program.

"It appears that the Agency is suffering from moral authority and credibility crisis", Salehi was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying in Vienna where he is attending the 54th IAEA general conference.

"At present, based on our Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, all of my country's nuclear installations are subject to the Agency's routine monitoring and inspections," Salehi added.

"Since 2003, more than 5,000 man-days of inspections have been conducted. This is uNPRecedented in the history of the IAEA," he said.

"However, in spite of all the above conclusive evidences and in addition to the sincerity and the cooperation extended by my country till now, unfortunately, the Agency has unfortunately oppositely reacted," the report quoted him as saying.

IAEA's recent report on Iran's nuclear activities "do not accord with the norms and procedures of the Agency's mandate and also are not based on impartiality and fairness, thus leaving no room but to reflect the notion of political influence," he further added.