Iran to provide IAEA with key nuke documents

Under the agreement brokered by the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany in Tehran on Tuesday, Iran pledged to implement the tougher inspection regime ahead of ratification.

It was not immediately clear when a Parliament vote would take place. Its outcome is uncertain because although Parliament is dominated by pro-Khatami reformists, all legislation must go to hardline supervisory body the Shoora or Guardian Council.

However, political analysts said Iran’s reformist government would have never struck the deal without the approval of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei which meant there should be little resistance from the Guardian Council.

In Vienna the IAEA said the first step at this point would be for Iran to submit a formal declaration of intent rather than sign the protocol itself.

Once that letter is received, it must be approved by the IAEA board of governors, who next meet on November 20, before the deal can be signed between Iran and the agency.

Meanwhile, front pages splashed the smiles of the British, French and German foreign ministers who won Iran’s agreement on Tuesday.

‘‘Momentous signature’’ was the headline in the Etemad daily and the official Iran newspaper led with ‘‘Way out of the crisis’’. Ali Pahlavan, columnist in the English-language daily Iran News, hailed the deal as the ‘‘clearest-cut diplomatic victory for Iran’’ since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and called it a heavy blow to the US.(Reuters)