VIENNA, September 17 (RIA Novosti) - Iran has not yet provided the UN nuclear watchdog with convincing guarantees that its nuclear program is not weapons-oriented, but is cooperating with weapons inspectors, the agency said Monday.
Speaking in Vienna at the organization's 51st general conference, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said Tehran was also providing additional information on its nuclear program.
Iran, which Western countries suspect of pursuing a secret nuclear weapons program, recently intensified cooperation with the IAEA, and invited weapons inspectors to visit a 40-MW heavy water reactor in Arak in late July.
ElBaradei earlier called Iran's recent moves "a step in the right direction."
Iran has defied three consecutive UN resolutions against its nuclear program since last year. The six countries negotiating the dispute - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany - have demanded that Tehran suspend all uranium enrichment before negotiating a solution to the dispute.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced in early April the start of uranium enrichment on an industrial scale.
Five new countries - Bahrain, Burundi, Congo, Nepal and Cape Verde - joined the IAEA during the opening of the Vienna conference, which runs from September 17 to 22.
