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IAEA chief Rafael Grossi says a three-month temporary solution has been agreed with Iran that allows for continued monitoring of the country’s nuclear energy program. But the inspections will be limited.
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– What we have agreed is feasible and useful to overcome the differences we have and save the situation at the moment, Grossi said at a press conference after returning to Vienna after negotiations in Tehran.
Before the negotiations in Tehran this weekend, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had signaled that the country wanted to avoid a “stalemate.” But he also warned that Iran could further renounce its commitments unless the United States lifts sanctions against the country.
“Once everyone is back on their commitments, we can start talking,” Zarif said on Iranian television before the meeting.
The nuclear deal was drawn up in 2015 between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany. But in 2018, the now-retired US President Donald Trump decided that the United States would abandon the deal and impose sanctions on Iran.
Trump’s election boss Joe Biden wants to thaw the frost but he doesn’t want to be the one to take the first step, either.
The 2015 agreement stipulates that Iran will refrain from developing nuclear weapons, in exchange for lifting sanctions. A protocol to the agreement establishes that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can carry out unannounced inspections in the country to verify compliance with the agreement. But Iran has been reluctant to comply with it since 2018 and last year the Iranian parliament decided to demand that the country abandon the protocol.
