Iran withdrew the accreditation of a UN inspector following an incident "last week" during a "check" at the entrance to the enrichment plant in Natanz, according to an official statement of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (OIEA), published Thursday, November 7.
During this check, this inspector of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an organ of the UN, "raised an alarm", raising the concern that she may bear on her "a suspicious product ", the statement said.
As a result, the entry of the inspector on the site "was prohibited", without specifying if a suspect product was actually found on it. The inspector "left Iran for Vienna", headquarters of the Agency, the Iranian statement continues, without specifying the nationality of the inspector or the date of her departure.
An expected report on this subject
On the other hand, the IAEA indicated that "the Iranian representative to the Agency will present a full report on this subject" on Thursday in Vienna. According to a source close to the IAEA, the 35 members of the Agency's Board of Governors are scheduled to meet on Thursday morning for a special session on Iran. The issue of the incident in Natanz and withdrawal of the accreditation of the inspector is on the menu, it was told AFP.
Iran resumed Thursday its uranium enrichment activities at the Fordo underground plant, in line with its announced decision to further reduce its commitments made to the international community in 2015 on its nuclear program.
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With AFP