Iran sends IAEA copy of Tehran Document with details

Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, says that the delivery of a letter from Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency this week marks the beginning of a second stage of negotiations. Based on the written document, a wide discussion and expanded analysis will be possible, he said. Amorim added that the pressure in favor of more sanctions against Iran led by the United States did not make Brazil uncomfortable or afraid.
What Amorim said was needed was more patience on both sides. “Those in favor of the proposed swap and those in favor of more sanctions have to be more patient,” said the minister.

“We never intended the document signed on May 17, by the presidents of Brazil and Iran, and the prime minister of Turkey, now known as the Tehran Declaration, to resolve all the problems. That document provides us with a measure of security, that is what it does.”

Amorim concluded by saying that he was willing to discuss the issues with the so-called Vienna group, the United States, Russia, France and the IAEA. “If they think we can help, we are more than willing to cooperate,” said Amorim.

Besides providing international authorities with details of the Tehran Document today, Iran is supposed to give the IAEA assurances that it will permit inspections of its nuclear facilities so as to remove suspicions that the program is for military purposes.