An informed source in the Iranian National Security Council suggested the possibility of extending the temporary nuclear monitoring agreement between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency, for an additional month, after the Speaker of Parliament called for restricting the work of the agency's inspectors, according to the agreement that ended on Saturday.
The source said that Tehran's decision to review this issue was based on its goodwill, to give a chance to the nuclear negotiations in Vienna.
The source added that if Tehran decided to extend the agreement, the parties participating in the Vienna talks would take advantage of this opportunity and facilitate the path of reaching an understanding to revive the nuclear agreement.
Earlier in the day, the semi-official Iranian “Fars News Agency” quoted the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Muhammad Baqir Qalibaf, as saying that the nuclear monitoring agreement - which extended for 3 months between Tehran and the IAEA - ended as of Saturday, and with the end of the agreement. The agency is able to see the data collected by the cameras inside the nuclear facilities. "
Qalibaf affirmed that the council "is determined to implement the details of the law of the strategic initiative to abolish the ban and safeguard the interests of the Iranian people at the specified time," stressing that "the International Atomic Energy Agency does not have the right to access the cameras of the Atomic Energy Organization in the country's nuclear centers, after the three-month deadline specified in accordance with Law".
And the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that its director, Rafael Grossi, will hold a press conference today, Sunday, regarding the Iranian nuclear program, with the expiration of the term of the technical agreement that was signed last February.
To ease restrictions imposed by Tehran, journalists will be informed of developments related to monitoring and verification work that the agency is carrying out inside Iran.
On the other hand, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said - during the government's economic coordination session today, Sunday - that his country will continue the Vienna talks until a final agreement is reached, considering that "the growth in production in the various industrial sectors in the country is the greatest evidence of the futility of the US policy of maximum pressure," The Americans themselves admitted the failure of this policy. "
Regarding the Vienna talks between Iran and the (4 + 1) group on the nuclear agreement, Rouhani said, "The other parties have openly declared their readiness to lift the embargo on Iran in accordance with the agreement, and therefore Iran will continue these talks until a final agreement is reached."
Indirect negotiations began at the beginning of last April in the Austrian capital (Vienna) between the United States and Iran, and are mediated by the Europeans and the rest of the signatories of the 2015 agreement aimed at preventing Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon.
The essence of the nuclear deal is for Iran to commit to taking steps to restrict its nuclear program;
This makes it difficult for it to obtain fissile materials to build a nuclear weapon, in exchange for relief from American and European sanctions, and those imposed by the United Nations, while Tehran always denies seeking to possess nuclear weapons.