TEHRAN(Bazaar) – Professor Frank N. von Hippel, former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology, says It is always a good sign if the IAEA thinks that a trip to settle this matter is worthwhile.
He adds: Iran must have given a signal that progress can be made.
Following is the text of the Bazaar interview with Professor Frank N. von Hippel.
Q: The International Atomic Energy Agency team is going to travel to Iran with the aim of dealing with the remaining safeguards issues. What is your assessment of this trip?
Q: Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami has said that we hope that we can make effective progress with the agency team in order to remove the obstacles and ambiguities and that a step forward will be taken. What is your assessment of Eslami's words?
A: Also encouraging words.
Q: A European diplomat told Al-Monitor reporter that this trip is good in principle, but Westerners do not expect any progress from it. If we evaluate this comment correctly, what does the sending of this team by the agency mean?
A: IAEA and Iran would know better.
Q: What is your assessment of the future of the negotiations and how probable do you consider the start of the negotiations at the moment?
A: My understanding is that the US is willing to sign the draft agreement but Iran has added conditions that the US is unwilling to consider.
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