TEHRAN, Nov. 11--A top nuclear negotiator reiterated that Iran’s nuclear case is considered closed, after expressing hope a positive report on Iran’s nuclear activities would be presented in the upcoming IAEA meeting.
Deputy Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Javad Vaeedi also said on Sunday any ambiguity over Iran’s nuclear case will be removed within the modality agreed with the International Atomic Energy Agency, Fars News Agency reported.
Vaeedi also said that after the removal of ambiguities, Iran’s nuclear issue will become an “ordinary case“ in the IAEA.
The official said the modality has several stages which should be implemented step by step, pointing out that IAEA Chief Mohamed ElBaradei is expected to announce in the agency’s upcoming meeting in November that the issues of P1 and P2 centrifuges have been finalized.
“Only in that case, we can go through other steps to remove ambiguities from other nuclear activities,“ he said.
Vaeedi noted that recent talks between Iran and IAEA in Tehran over the centrifuges have yielded positive results.
“We hope ElBaradei would present a positive report on Iran’s nuclear activities in the upcoming meeting,“ he said.
Referring to the next round of talks between Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, he said the time and venue of these talks have not been announced.
Meanwhile, a German politician Verner Hoier said any sanction against Iran will fail.
Commenting on recent talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President George W. Bush, he said any diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear case can have a positive impact on the finalization of Iran’s nuclear case.
On Saturday, Bush and Merkel said they will continue to take a diplomatic approach in dealing with Iran’s defiance of international demands that it halt its uranium enrichment program.
“What the Iranian government must understand is that we will continue to work together to solve this problem diplomatically, which means they will continue to be isolated,“ said Bush.

TEHRAN, Nov. 11--Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi said domestic media help promote public awareness.
Addressing a dinner banquet given in honor of foreign participants of the ongoing 14th International Press and News Agencies Exhibition late Saturday, the minister said the Iranian media have experienced massive changes in the post-revolution era, IRNA reported.
“The media underwent serious developments in the field of news coverage and provide analyses both on domestic or international issues,“ he said.
Harandi added that more than 2,900 newspapers, weeklies, monthlies and quarterlies are currently being published in Iran while the number was about 200 on the eve of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The 14th International Press and News Agencies Exhibition began in Tehran on November 7 and will continue till November 22.

GORGAN, Golestan, Nov. 11--An official of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Alessandro Bolzoni, said the Iranian government is entitled to designate areas where foreign nationals and refugees may reside.
Bolzoni, who heads the UNHCR’s Mashhad office, said here Saturday Afghan nationals cannot reside in four cities of Golestan province, IRNA reported.
“If the nationals are given some more days to leave for a new place, the UNHCR would be ready to bear the cost,“ he said.
The UNHCR official visited Golestan province on Friday at the head of a delegation.
Meanwhile, director of the Bureau of Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs (BAFIA) at Golestan’s Governor-General Office, Morteza Fendereski, briefed UNHCR officials on the measures taken by his office in connection with the illegal residence of Afghan nationals in four cities of Golestan province.
Fendereski said that in the first few months of the current Iranian year (started March 21) and based on a timetable, measures were adopted for the departure of Afghan nationals to other cities of Golestan province and some of the refugees also moved to these places.
“A number of Afghan nationals, however, resisted and remained in the restricted cities but under a new project some of them have left the area of their residence while others are yet to leave. The project will continue,“ he said.

Majlis Speaker Gholamali Haddad Adel (r) in talks with head of Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq, Seyyed Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim in Tehran on Sunday.

TEHRAN, Nov. 11--Majlis Speaker Gholamali Haddad Adel said Iran’s main policy is to support the Iraqi government, prevent Iraq’s occupiers from interfering in the country’s affairs and call for their pullout.
Haddad made the remark during a meeting with the head of Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq, Seyyed Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim on Sunday, adding that Iraqi affairs top the agenda of Iran’s officials and the Muslim world, IRNA reported.
He expressed satisfaction with restoration of tranquility to Iraq in recent days, stressing that this tranquility has resulted from the blood of martyrs and efforts of Iraqi leaders.
The speaker hoped That Iraq would be independent, unified and prosperous in the near future.
Referring to the recent conference on Iraq’s neighboring states in Istanbul, Haddad said, “We hope the ongoing efforts of Iraqi officials and the country’s neighboring states will help restore stability to the country.“
He stated that the withdrawal of occupiers is the only solution to Iraq’s crisis and underlined that Iran’s Parliament is ready to broaden cooperation with the Iraqi Parliament and exchange experiences regarding legislation.
Hakim, for his part, lauded Iran’s efforts in restoring stability to Iraq.
“Terrorist operations and massacres of people have declined by 60 to 70 percent in Iraq in recent days and we hope investments in the country will increase following the restoration of tranquility,“ he said.
Hakim also met with Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi on Sunday.

ABADAN, Khuzestan, Nov. 11--A coastguard commander said 22 Iraqi citizens have been arrested here for illegally entering Iran’s territorial waters late Saturday.
Ali Akbar Saqqaei also told IRNA the arrested people are Iraqi fishermen who entered Iran’s Bouisef and Bahmanshir waters.
“Three big fishing boats and two speed boats have also been confiscated,“ he said.