(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 4. The International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is seriously concerned that Iran has
unilaterally stopped implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action (JCPOA), Rafael Grossi, IAEA Director General, said in his
statement to the IAEA Board of Governors, Trend reports.
"I am seriously concerned that Iran has unilaterally stopped
implementing the Joint Statement, which raises doubts that Iran
remains committed to what we have agreed. I also deeply regret that
Iran has yet to reverse its decision to withdraw the designations
for several experienced agency inspectors," he said.
Grossi noted that Iran also needs to implement modified Code 3.1
which is a legal obligation for Iran.
"These outstanding safeguards issues stem from Iran's
obligations under its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and need
to be resolved for the Agency to be in a position to provide
assurance that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful," the
director general noted.
According to Grossi, public statements made in Iran regarding
its technical capabilities to produce nuclear weapons only increase
concerns about the correctness and completeness of Iran's
safeguards declarations
"I reiterate that only through constructive and meaningful
engagement can all of these concerns be addressed and once again I
call upon Iran to cooperate fully and unambiguously with the
agency," he concluded.
Meanwhile, on January 16, 2016, Iran's nuclear program triggered
the creation of the JCPOA between Iran and the P5+1 group (US,
Russia, China, UK, France, and Germany).
However, on May 8, 2018, the US announced its withdrawal from
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the
5+1 group (Russia, China, the UK, France, the US, and Germany) and
imposed new sanctions against Iran as of November 2018.
Over the past period, the sanctions have affected Iranian oil
exports and more than 700 banks, companies, and individuals. The
sanctions have resulted in the freezing of Iranian assets
abroad.
In late 2020, the Iranian parliament decided to implement a
strategic plan to tackle the sanctions, citing the
non-implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA) signed between Iran and six countries and the imposition of
sanctions on Iran.
According to the decision of the Iranian parliament, as of
February 23, Iran suspended the implementation of additional steps
and an additional protocol provided for in the nuclear deal. As a
result, the control mechanism of the IAEA decreased by 20–30
percent.
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