Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed to extend by one month the agreement they had clinched for the UN nuclear agency to continue inspection of the country’s nuclear sites while the ongoing talks in Vienna on the revival of a landmark nuclear deal between Tehran and …
Read More »Qalibaf: IAEA no longer to access images of Iran nuclear sites
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will no longer be able to access images of the Iranian nuclear sites because a monitoring deal with the UN nuclear body has expired. “From May 22 and with the end of the three-month agreement, the agency …
Read More »Rouhani | JCPOA parties in agreement over removal of all main sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the parties in Vienna talks have accepted to remove all main sanctions targeting the country’s oil, petrochemical, shipping, and insurance sectors as well as the Central Bank of Iran. “We have taken the main big step, and the primary agreement has been reached,” Rouhani said …
Read More »UN agency: source of radioactivity in Nordics still unclear
The U.N. nuclear agency says slightly elevated levels of radioactivity that have been detected in northern Europe pose no risk to human health or to the environment but it’s still unclear what the cause was. The Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish radiation and nuclear safety watchdogs said last week that they …
Read More »IAEA resolution unacceptable to Iran: Foreign Ministry
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said on Saturday that Britain, France, and Germany have entered a non-constructive and dangerous game. Referring to the resolution of the IAEA Board of Governors against the Islamic Republic, he said, “What is certain is that we do not accept the action of …
Read More »No change in Iran JCPOA implementation, cooperation with agency: IAEA chief
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says there has been no change in Iran’s implementation of its obligations as per the nuclear deal it clinched with major world powers in 2015, or the country’s cooperation with the UN agency. In his introductory statement to the Board …
Read More »Iran’s nuclear program crystal clear in world, gov’t spox says
Government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that Iran’s nuclear program could be considered as the most transparent program of any kind in the world, calling on IAEA’s Board of Governors to stand up to the US’ bullying. Utilizing political criteria in the mutual consideration of the duties and rights …
Read More »Iran slams US for trying to obstruct IAEA reports’ mechanisms, procedures
Iran has criticized the United States and some other countries for seeking to undermine the mechanisms and procedures of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s reports on Tehran’s nuclear activities. Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the international organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi, in an Instagram post on Friday, lambasted the …
Read More »The IAEA set a record for its inspections in Iran
A US news agency reported that IAEA inspections of Iran’s nuclear program had reached a record high over the past year. According to this agency, the number of inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of Iran’s nuclear program last year was a record. According to the Bloomberg News …
Read More »Tehran ready to discuss Macron’s new plan to keep Iran in nuclear deal.
The French president floated a new proposal to Iran on how to soften the blow of the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal. The Iranian foreign minister said Tehran is ready to discuss it. The 2015 international agreement lifted economic sanctions from Tehran in exchange for accepting restrictions on its …
Read More »EU vows to trade with Iran, denounces US sanctions.
A year after President Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Deal, its European signatories, who still honor the agreement, have expressed concern over the US decision not to extend waivers on oil trade with Tehran. “We … take note with regret and concern of the decision by the United …
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