Iran Urges Agency to Settle Atomic Case 
By Reuters
January 13, 2008
The New York Times
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TEHRAN (Reuters) — http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iran/index.html?inline=nyt-geo \o More news and information about Iran. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/ali_khamenei/index.html?inline=nyt-per \o More articles about Ali Khamenei. Ali Khamenei, told the visiting chief of the – HYPERLINK http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/i/international_atomic_energy_agency/index.html?inline=nyt-org \o More articles about International Atomic Energy Agency International Atomic Energy Agency on Saturday that Iran’s nuclear case should be handled by the I.A.E.A. and not the – HYPERLINK http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/security_council/index.html?inline=nyt-org \o More articles about Security Council, U.N. United Nations Security Council, which has imposed two rounds of sanctions on Tehran.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/world/middleeast/13iran.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=united+nations&oref=slogin \l secondParagraph Skip to next paragraph “There is no justification for Iran’s case to remain at the U.N. Security Council,” Ayatollah Khamenei told http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/e/mohamed_elbaradei/index.html?inline=nyt-per \o More articles about Mohamed Elbaradei. Mohamed ElBaradei, the agency’s director, official Iranian news media reported.
Dr. ElBaradei met with Ayatollah Khamenei and President http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/mahmoud_ahmadinejad/index.html?inline=nyt-per \o More articles about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a two-day visit to Tehran to push for more cooperation in resolving questions about Iran’s atomic activity, which the United States fears may result in the production of nuclear weapons.
The I.A.E.A. has sought to verify Iran’s assertion that its uranium enrichment program exists solely for civilian energy purposes. It was not immediately clear what, if any, concrete results were achieved during Dr. ElBaradei’s first trip to Iran since 2006. He told reporters on Friday that he was looking forward to “accelerated cooperation” from Iran. 
Iran said in August that it would answer questions about its nuclear program, but an end-of-year deadline passed with important issues still unresolved.