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On Tuesday, Tehran began to reduce the work of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency after the expiration of the deadline set by the Iranian parliament to lift the sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran.
2/24/2021–|Last Updated: 2/24/202103:09 PM (Mecca)
Iran said today at a United Nations conference on disarmament that Washington must take corrective action before waiting for Tehran to reverse its nuclear steps, while the International Atomic Energy Agency said that Iran’s uranium enrichment by 20% does. technically a step off the level. of enrichment needed for a Nuclear bomb.
Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to international organizations in Geneva, Ismail Baqai, denounced Washington’s demand that Iran fully comply with the nuclear agreement while the United States remains out of the agreement, since the previous US administration withdrew from the agreement in 2018 .
In a speech to the United Nations-sponsored Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Baqaei demanded that the United States take corrective action before asking Iran to revoke the measures it had taken regarding its nuclear program.
And Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said today that the survival of the nuclear deal depends on the United States retracting the sanctions it imposed on its country, which he described as economic terrorism.
Rouhani added during a cabinet meeting that dialogue with Washington is possible, but within the framework of the nuclear agreement and on the condition that sanctions be lifted, and said that the maximum pressure policy followed by the administration of former US President Donald Trump “it was a failure.”
correcting the error
The Iranian president called on the administration of US President Joe Biden to correct the mistake of his predecessor, Donald Trump, in withdrawing from the nuclear deal in 2018, and imposing successive packages of severe sanctions on Tehran, which resulted in the freezing of Iranian funds. in various countries of the world.
On Tuesday, 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 (Parliament) to lift the sanctions imposed by Washington after its unilateral withdrawal from the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. . about 3 years ago.
Earlier on Tuesday, Tehran’s permanent representative to the United Nations in Vienna, Kazem Gharibabadi, stated that all permits granted to inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had been suspended, as part of the “Strategic Action Plan to lift the sanctions law “. approved by the Iranian Parliament in December last December.
Abadi said 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.
America and China
In contrast to Iran’s position, the administration of US President Joe Biden insists that Tehran must first return to fulfilling its obligations in the nuclear deal before sanctions are lifted.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price yesterday called on Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency and re-implement its obligations in the nuclear deal. Price emphasized that the best solution to verify Iran’s nuclear program is through a negotiated solution.
On the other hand, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said today in a statement that the developments of the Iranian nuclear program have reached a critical stage, adding that lifting the sanctions imposed on Tehran is essential to break the current stalemate.
China was one of the countries that signed the nuclear deal with Iran, along with Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Russia and the United States, before the latter unilaterally withdrew.
Uranium enrichment
In a related context, the IAEA report stated that Iran’s enriched uranium stocks are 14 times the allowable limit, and the agency issued an additional report saying that Iran has yet to answer questions about the uranium particles being found at two sites that were inspected last year.
IAEA Director Raphael Grossi said that denying Iranian entry to IAEA inspectors without taking action to respond would have repercussions.
Grossi, who visited Tehran last Saturday, added in his remarks to the nonprofit Nuclear Threat Initiative Organization that dealing with this situation would pose a problem for the IAEA, especially with regard to enrichment activities and other related activities in the Iranian nuclear program.
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