The discussion of Iran’s nuclear program at the upcoming session of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should not have a negative impact on the prospects of the Vienna talks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). This opinion was expressed by Russian Permanent …
Read More »IAEA: North Korea Appears to have Resumed Nuke Reactor Operation
North Korea appears to have restarted the operation of its main nuclear reactor used to produce weapons fuels, the U.N. atomic agency said, as the North openly threatens to enlarge its nuclear arsenal amid long-dormant nuclear diplomacy with the United States. The annual report by the International Atomic Energy Agency …
Read More »Iran Says Had Notified IAEA of Its Nuclear Measures
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says the country’s nuclear program and activities are fully in line with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its Safeguards commitments. In a statement on Tuesday, Khatibzadeh noted that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been supervising Iran’s nuclear activities and that Tehran has …
Read More »Director General of IAEA’s Trip to Iran within Safeguards Framework
Iran’s Ambassador to the Vienna-based international organizations Kazem Gharibabadi said on Saturday that the IAEA Deputy Director-General for Safeguards Massimo Aparo is traveling to Iran in the coming days. Gharibabadi said that Aparo is also one of the inspectors approved for Iran, saying his visit is in line with routine …
Read More »No Decision Yet on Extending or not Extending Monitoring Agreement with IAEA
The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that still no decision has been taken to extend or not to extend monitoring deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency. “Still no decision has been taken about agreement or no agreement, or how to continue or not to continue cooperation with the …
Read More »Iran Won’t Give Data Recordings to IAEA
Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has announced that Iran’s three-month deal with the UN nuclear watchdog has expired and thus Iran won’t give its data recordings to the UN body. Qalibaf made the remarks in response to a question from a lawmaker on the latest developments regarding the deal between …
Read More »Iran’s Retaining of Data of IAEA Cameras out of Good Will
Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based International Organizations Kazzem Qaribabadi said that Iran agreed with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s demand to keep the data recorded by the IAEA’s cameras out of good will and not as an obligation. Qaribabadi was speaking in a televised program on Saturday …
Read More »Iran Committed only to Safeguards Obligations
In reaction to the recent remarks of Rafael Grossi, Iran’s ambassador to the Vienna-based international organizations said that Iran is committed to safeguards obligations, no less and no more. “Despite the three-month joint technical agreement between the IAEA and Iran, it should be noted that the basis of this agreement …
Read More »Iran Urges IAEA to Avoid Artificial Concerns, Prejudgment
Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has criticised the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency for what he called adopting a biased approach to interactions with Tehran. In a series of tweets, Kazem Gharibabadi said Rafael Grossi’s Monday reports on Iran’s nuclear program “ignore the level …
Read More »Iran Fully Cooperating with IAEA to Help Vienna Talks Bear Fruit
Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi has in a letter to Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi reaffirmed Iran’s full cooperation with the IAEA, according to Iran’s envoy to international organisations in Vienna. “In this letter, it is mentioned that …
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