Tehran  - Iran regards the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as an acknowledgement of the peaceful nature of its nuclear programmes, ISNA news agency reported Tuesday.

ISNA quoted Iran's IAEA envoy Ali-Asqar Soltanieh as saying that the latest report from the UN nuclear watchdog once again acknowledged that all nuclear programmes by Iran are peaceful and that there was no deviation towards a secret military programme.

Soltanieh did not refer to other parts of the IAEA report which urged Iran to provide substantive explanations regarding nuclear weapons studies it is alleged to have carried out. (dpa)