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Iran reduced the duties of international inspectors for its nuclear facilities, in implementation of a law passed by the Shura Council last December.
The United States urged Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency after Tehran announced the start of reducing the work of IAEA inspectors at its nuclear facilities, while European countries viewed the Iranian decision as “dangerous.” .
State Department spokesman Ned Price said Tuesday that the United States is urging Iran again to cooperate with the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, adding that Tehran is “far from complying with the restrictions imposed under the nuclear deal “.
Price added at a press conference that Washington will hold consultations with the agency to discuss the appropriate measure to support its deals with Tehran. He stressed that the best solution to verify Iran’s nuclear program is through a negotiated solution.
Reduce inspection
Yesterday, Tehran began to reduce the work of the inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency after the expiration of the deadline set by the Shura Council to lift the sanctions imposed by Washington after its unilateral withdrawal from the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program about 3 years ago. .
Earlier Tuesday, Tehran’s permanent representative to the United Nations in Vienna, Kazem Gharibabadi, declared that all permits granted to inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency had been suspended, as part of the “Strategic Action Plan for the uprising. of the sanctions law “. which was approved by the Iranian parliament last December.
Abadi stressed that Iran, with the exception of implementing the “Security Inspection Agreement”, has no other responsibilities, and that instructions have been given in this regard to the country’s nuclear facilities.
Iran announced the start of the suspension of the additional protocol to the safeguards agreement within the nuclear agreement as of February 23, as part of the procedures to respond to the withdrawal of the United States from it, and what Tehran considers a failure of the parties. to make up for the country’s losses due to US sanctions.
It should be noted that the additional protocol would have given IAEA inspectors the ability to inspect nuclear facilities whenever they deemed appropriate.
On Monday, the Supreme Leader of the Iranian Revolution, Ali Khamenei, announced that his country could raise the purity of uranium enrichment to 60%, stressing that neither side will be able to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons if its country so wishes, but made it clear that it does not pursue this goal.
In May 2018, Washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the 5 + 1 group, which includes Russia, Britain, China, the United States, France and Germany, and imposed economic sanctions on Tehran.
European declaration
Britain, France and Germany expressed, in a joint statement, “deep regret” over Iran’s decision to limit visits by inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, highlighting its “dangerous nature.”
The new Iranian step is the latest in a series of measures that began about a year after the US withdrawal, and included a gradual withdrawal of many of the core obligations under the Vienna Agreement, while affirming the readiness to return to its implementation in case the sanctions are lifted and the others respect their obligations.
The move was preceded by a temporary technical agreement between Iran and the IAEA that allowed it to continue inspection activities that would have been stopped altogether.
The tripartite statement urged Iran to refrain from all measures that reduce “transparency” and to ensure full and timely cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The three countries confirmed that they are trying to preserve the Iranian nuclear deal through negotiations leading to the return of Washington and Tehran.
The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, admitted that the EU had done little to ease economic sanctions against Iran.
Borrell stressed in a speech to the Atlantic Council that the return of Tehran to full compliance with the nuclear agreement requires the relaxation of sanctions. He said that Iran was fully committed to its promises contained in the agreement until the US withdrawal.
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