The governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency will hold a meeting in Vienna today, Monday, to discuss the issue of monitoring nuclear activities in Iran, while the Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed that negotiations to revive the nuclear agreement in Vienna will resume soon.

This comes after Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency announced yesterday that they had reached an agreement to allow the agency to install new memory cards in surveillance cameras at nuclear sites.

After returning from Tehran, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said that the agreement he concluded with the Iranians will allow for regular monitoring of nuclear facilities, explaining that the agreement is not long-term, but it will allow for diplomatic efforts.

During a press conference in Vienna, Grossi said, "The agreement with Tehran will allow routine monitoring of Iranian facilities... We have all the technical means to obtain information through surveillance."

The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency also confirmed that the agency will inspect all Iranian facilities, and replace all damaged monitoring equipment.

Grossi added that there is a need to sit down with the Iranian government for dialogue on outstanding issues, and for diplomatic work on the file of Iran's nuclear activities.

He explained that the agency's agreement with Iran is not long-term and its duration cannot be determined, but it aims to make way for diplomatic efforts.

Grossi had warned last June that Iran's nuclear program had reached a high level of uranium enrichment, and was close to the stage of producing a nuclear weapon.

Under a law approved by parliament, Tehran began in February to reduce the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency's inspectors, after the deadline set by parliament to lift sanctions imposed by the United States after its withdrawal from the nuclear agreement, but the International Agency concluded a temporary agreement with Iran.


technical relationship

For its part, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that the relationship with the International Atomic Energy Agency is technical and that it will not allow any party to politicize it.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh confirmed, during a press conference, that talks with the IAEA regarding monitoring operations on nuclear sites were good.

Khatibzadeh added that the relationship with the IAEA will remain in the technical framework only, and that Tehran did not abandon the nuclear agreement, but Washington did.

He stressed that Iran's decision regarding the Vienna negotiations has not changed by changing the government, noting that these negotiations will be resumed soon.

Khatibzadeh reiterated the need for negotiations to lead to the lifting of sanctions, which he said contradict the nuclear agreement in letter and spirit.


international parking

At the international level, Enrique Mora, the European coordinator for negotiations on the nuclear agreement, described the announcement by Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency of reaching the agreement as a positive step.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that the Iranians are advancing rapidly in their nuclear project without any obstacles, and that two reports published by the International Atomic Energy Agency last week confirmed what Israel has been saying in this regard for a long time, as he put it.

Bennett stressed - during a press conference today - that Israel is ready and able to confront Iran, calling on the major powers to put an end to Tehran's nuclear program.

As for Riyadh, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said, during a press conference he held with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg, that his country has doubts about the nuclear agreement with Iran, adding that Riyadh feels shortcomings in inspections and wants there to be a binding agreement for the Iranian nuclear file. .

The Saudi minister considered that the existing agreements have many flaws, adding, "There must also be a feeling of reassurance from these doubts and threats that Iran could pose."