Iran accepts nuclear surveillance deal, avoids censorship

Iran allows United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog to maintain nuclear surveillance equipment in deal that avoids possible censorship of Tehran and meets basic requirement to possibly resume talks international organizations on its nuclear program, The New York Times reported.

After a meeting on Sunday between Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and Iranian Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the two sides said in a joint statement, “IAEA inspectors are authorized to maintain identified equipment and replace their storage media which will be kept under the joint seals of IAEA and AEOI in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The meeting follows two IAEA reports alleging that Iran failed to cooperate with the agency to monitor its nuclear limits and denied the watchdog quarterly access to nuclear monitoring equipment, despite agreements in this sense.

Additionally, one of the watchdog’s reports indicates that four Iranian nuclear sites have not been declared to the IAEA.

The United States and several European countries are due to meet with the board on Monday. The possibility of censorship has been used to force Iran to honor its commitments to the agency.

An Obama-era deal called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) restricted Iran’s nuclear activity in exchange for easing sanctions against the country. However, the old President TrumpDonald Trump Capitol Police recommend disciplinary action for six officers in January 6 internal investigation Biden defends withdrawal from Afghanistan on September 11 Will US mimic China’s tech withdrawal? FOLLOWING withdrew from the deal in 2018, and Iran stopped complying with its terms in 2019.

Earlier this year, another IAEA report claimed that Iran had significantly enriched uranium – reaching 60% purity, surging 40% since April and approaching military grade levels of around 90 %.

Iran did not return to the negotiating table in part because of its June elections, although several countries that were part of the JCPOA – France and Germany, in particular – have urged Iran to resume the talks.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was sworn in last month, said he was open to negotiations but without “pressure” from Western countries.

“Westerners and Americans are looking for pressure talks.… What kind of talks are these? I have already announced that we will have talks on our government’s agenda but not with… pressure.” , Raisi said on state television. , according to to Reuters.