Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s representative to the UN International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 2005, announced his resignation on 22
August 2013.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, holds a doctorate in nuclear
science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and headed Iran's
Atomic Energy Organisation between 2009 and 2010.
Ali Asghar
Soltanieh has played a key role in defending Iran's nuclear program as
peaceful and denying allegations that Tehran wants to possess atomic
arms. However, during his time as representative there have been
fruitless negotiations with the International Atomic Energy agency.
Western
countries and Israel suspect Iran's nuclear program is a cover for
developing atomic weapons, which Tehran strongly denies. The IAEA has
been investigating Iran’s program for the past decade. Iran has faced
several international sanctions for its refusal to stop enriching
uranium, a process key to creating a nuclear weapon.
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