International inspectors are allowed to install new memory cards in surveillance cameras at nuclear complexes in Iran to continue filming there. Iran has agreed to this today.
Mohammad Eslami, the head of Iran’s nuclear program, confirmed this after a yesterday announced meeting in Tehran with Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA. Grossi had traveled to Iran to discuss issues such as nuclear inspections and mutual cooperation with Iran.
A leaked report from the IAEA last week revealed that Iran has significantly increased its stockpile of enriched uranium. The UN nuclear watchdog also wrote that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find out to what extent Iran is complying with the agreements in the 2015 nuclear agreement. Since February, the country no longer admits IAEA inspectors.
Grossi spoke of a “very constructive result” after his conversation with Eslami, reports AP news agency. “It is vital for us to provide the IAEA and the world with the necessary assurance and information that everything is in order.”
Confrontation averted
Eslami announced that Grossi will soon return to Iran to speak with officials. He did not elaborate on the content of those conversations. It also remains unclear whether Iran will release copies of older recordings. After both the US and Iran withdrew from the nuclear agreement, those recordings have not been shared by Iran with the IAEA.
Eslami also confirmed that Iran will attend the IAEA Board Meeting next week in Vienna. Today’s Iranian pledges appear to have averted a confrontation at that nuclear council, which will be attended by representatives from 35 Western countries.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also recently urged that inspections of Iranian nuclear complexes be taken up quickly. “You shouldn’t give up inspecting sites and the main message is that there should be a time limit. We need to set a clear deadline that says, see you here,” he said.
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