WASHINGTON, Sept 28: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said Sunday his country was willing to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog agency, amid mounting international pressure over its atomic programme.

“We are trying and we are determined to cooperate” with the International Atomic Energy Agency, Kharazi told ABC television.

“The problem is that United States administration asked us to stop enrichment activities in Iran. While it is legal ... and nothing is wrong as long as it is under the auspices of the IAEA and the inspection regime,” he said.

Highly enriched uranium can be used to make nuclear weapons, which Washington accuses Tehran of planning to do.

Kharazi said Iran was ready to sign a new protocol with the IAEA to ease US concerns.

“If we sign additional protocol, we want to make sure that we can continue with enrichment facilities to produce fuel needed for our power plants,” he said.

“We want to make sure that this is enough and is going to solve our problems and remove all suspicions.”—AFP