The IAEA says arrangements can be made to protect Iran's military information if Tehran agrees to clarify the remaining nuclear issues.

In a Monday address to the UN General Assembly, head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei urged Iran to "implement all the transparency measures required to build confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program at an early date."

"This will be good for Iran, good for the Middle East region and good for the world," ElBaradei added.

In the latest IAEA report, ElBaradei declared that the agency has not been able to make any 'substantive progress' regarding the 'alleged studies' of weaponization that Western countries attribute to Tehran.

Iran says the accusations that the country has been involved with 'green salt project, high explosives testing, and the missile re-entry vehicle project' have been based on 'forged' documents and 'fabricated' data.

Iran has asked the IAEA to provide the country with copies of the documents concerning the 'alleged studies'. The agency, however, says it is not 'in a position' to do so.

The UN body has called on Tehran to provide the agency with 'access to documents, information, and personnel' to confirm that these activities are not nuclear related.

Iran, however, has expressed concern that the resolution of some of these issues would require Agency access to sensitive information related to the country's conventional military activities.

ElBaradei said on Monday he was confident that arrangements could be made to enable the IAEA "to clarify the remaining issues while ensuring Iran's legitimate right to protect the confidentiality of sensitive information and activities is respected."

Iran says the UN Security Council's demand that the Islamic Republic suspend its uranium enrichment program is not 'legitimate' as the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) entitles the country to enrich.

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