Tehran Asks for IAEA’s Impartiality over Iran’s Nuclear Program
The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Office in Vienna called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to remain impartial and professional in its reports about the country’s nuclear program, emphasizing Tehran’s commitment to fulfilling nuclear obligations, notably the Comprehensive Safeguard Agreement.
In an explanatory note submitted to the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the permanent mission said Iran rightfully expects that the IAEA conducts its reporting on verification activities in Iran based on “the principles of impartiality, professionalism and objectivity”.The note came in response to reports submitted to the IAEA Board of Governors by Director General Rafael Grossi on verification and monitoring of Iran’s nuclear activities and on the Non-Proliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement with Tehran. Grossi has claimed in its reports that Tehran had not cooperated with the nuclear agency on verification issues.The note stressed that Iran had fully complied with its obligations including the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, adding that the country “has done its utmost to enable the nuclear agency to effectively carry out its verification activities in Iran”.“It has to be re-emphasized that all Iran's nuclear material and activities have been completely declared to the IAEA and has gone through a very robust verification system,” the note said, adding, “Although, Iran has no obligation to respond to the nuclear agency's questions based on fabricated and unauthentic documents, however, on a voluntary basis and cooperative manner, Iran provided all necessary information, supporting documents and granted accesses requested by the IAEA.”
Iran has repeatedly declared that its nuclear program remains purely peaceful as always and that Tehran had no intention of developing nuclear weapons as a matter of an Islamic and state principal.Iran has proved the peaceful nature of its nuclear program to the world by signing the 2015 nuclear deal with six world powers. However, Washington’s exit in May 2018 and its subsequent re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran left the future of the agreement in limbo. Also, Tehran has long been working with the IAEA as a signatory to the NPT.Iranian officials have repeatedly stressed that Tehran will not retreat from advancing its peaceful nuclear industry, dismissing any deviation in the country's civilian nuclear program.
The note also criticized Grossi for not duly separating issues in the two reports submitted to the Board of Governors, which included one on matters related to a 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and another concerning the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) Safeguards.“As an example, verification and monitoring activities related to the manufacture of centrifuges rotor tubes and bellows, which are defined in the scope of [the] JCPOA, should not be reported under the NPT Safeguards Agreement Agenda Item,” it said.Iran’s UN mission in Vienna added that the country had ceased all voluntary transparency in its nuclear activities following the United States’ unlawful withdrawal from the JCPOA in May 2018 and after the European parties to the deal failed to fulfill their commitments under the agreement.It stressed in its note to the IAEA that the decision to cease performing commitments was fully in accordance with Iran’s inherent rights under paragraphs 26 and 36 of the JCPOA.#Iran#IAEA
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