WASHINGTON, Jan 3: Iran must abide by international agreements and “come clean” with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as well as giving its full cooperation to the UN agency’s nuclear inspectors, the White House said on Tuesday.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan made the plea after the Vienna-based IAEA said earlier Tuesday it had received a letter from Tehran saying it would resume nuclear fuel research next week.

Iran says it wants to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program, but Washington suspects Tehran of seeking nuclear weapons.

“They (Iran’s government) made some agreements, they need to abide by those agreements and act in a good-faith way in the negotiations,” McClellan told reporters at the White House.—AFP