Isfahan, Iran - May 6, 2024

Storyline:
Iran will continue cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) within the framework of relevant international agreements, including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), said its nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami on Monday at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology (ICNST) 2024.

Scheduled from May 6 to 8 in the central Iranian province of Isfahan, ICNST 2024 focuses on the peaceful nuclear plans and the application of nuclear science and technology to enhance people's wellbeing.

Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said Iran would advance its nuclear power generation in the northern and southern coastal regions now that achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 has become a global goal.

He stressed that the AEOI had placed on its agenda the generation of 20,000 megawatts of nuclear power by 2041.

The AEOI chief expressed the hope that the United Nations nuclear watchdog would remain unaffected by external "political influence and pressure" against Iran's nuclear program.

IAEA Safeguards are activities by which the IAEA can verify that a State is living up to its international commitments not to use nuclear programs for nuclear-weapons purposes.

Earlier in the day, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran to attend the conference and later meet Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran. He will continue the negotiations with Iranian officials on nuclear issues in Isfahan on Tuesday.

Shotlist:
Isfahan, Iran - May 6, 2024:
1. Various of International Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology 2024 in progress;
2. Mohammad Eslami, president of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, delivering speech;
3. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mohammad Eslami, president, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (partially overlaid with shot 4):
"The cooperation with the IAEA within the framework of the safeguards agreement and the NPT is a priority in Iran's national policies and strategies. Iran hopes that the IAEA, as an international organization, will play an independent role and remain unaffected by political influence and pressure."
[SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE]
FILE: Tehran, Iran - Date Unknown:
4. Various of cityscape, traffic; Iranian national flags;
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Isfahan, Iran - May 6, 2024:
5. Various of conference in progress;
Tehran, Iran - May 6, 2024:
6. Various of Rafael Grossi, director general of International Atomic Energy Agency, talking with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian;
FILE: Iran - Date Unknown:
7. Various of Iranian national flag, traffic.

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