Iranian nuclear power: IAEA chief visits Tehran before negotiations resume
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi will finally visit Iran on Monday, November 22, a week before the expected resumption of negotiations between the Islamic Republic and the great powers.
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He had recently complained about the lack of contacts with Tehran on the nuclear issue: the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi will finally visit Iran on Monday, November 22, a week before the expected resumption of nuclear power. negotiations between the Islamic Republic and the major powers aimed at putting the 2015 nuclear agreement back on track.
An agreement less and less respected by the Iranian side, according to a new IAEA document.
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Contrary to its international commitments, Iran has significantly increased the amount of highly enriched uranium in recent months, according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Today, the amount of accumulated uranium exceeds more than twelve times the authorized limit.
Iran is also going well beyond the 3.67% enrichment rate set by the agreement.
This document will be examined during the IAEA Board of Governors scheduled for next Wednesday, November 24, two days after Rafael Grossi's arrival in Tehran.
The director of the UN agency is due to meet the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization and the head of Iranian diplomacy Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
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Iranian nuclear: Tehran announces a resumption of negotiations on November 29
There is no shortage of contentious issues
The IAEA regrets the inspection restrictions imposed by the Iranians since February, which “
seriously
”
hamper
verification activities.
The agency complains, in particular, of not having the “
essential
”
authorization
to access the Tesa complex, near Tehran, which houses a workshop for manufacturing centrifuge components.
For its part, Iran believes that the IAEA surveillance cameras may have been used by the perpetrators of the attack on the nuclear site in June, which Rafael Grossi categorically rejects.
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