China News Agency, Beijing, March 6th Tehran News: Based on Iranian media reports, on the 5th, Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi recently visited Iran during the joint statement reached by the two sides and other The agreement responded by emphasizing that all agreements with the IAEA are within the scope of legislation passed by the Iranian parliament.
Grossi visited Tehran from the 3rd to the 4th and met with Iranian President Ibrahim Rahim and Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Chairman Mohammad Islami and other officials.
In a joint statement on the 4th, the two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation and speed up the resolution of outstanding issues.
According to the Yitong News Agency, Islami delivered a speech at a meeting with members of parliament on the 5th. When responding to whether he was satisfied with Grossi's visit to Iran, he said that what Iran is satisfied with is the continuous interaction with the agency, not the Other countries used this to fabricate new excuses to put pressure on Iraq.
He added that when the other party did not act in accordance with the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue reached in 2015, it was normal for Iran not to act in accordance with the agreement because Iran was acting in accordance with the laws of the parliament aimed at reducing sanctions.
Islami also said, "If they are not going to end the sanctions, we will get nothing, and there is no use continuing to fulfill the obligations."
According to the "Tehran Times" report, Iran's Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Kamal Vandi said in an interview with the media on the 5th that Grossi's two-day visit to Iran was not to obtain permission for an independent inspection of Iran's nuclear facilities. If the IAEA makes such a request, Iran will certainly refuse.
He noted that all agreements with the IAEA were within the scope of legislation passed by Iran's parliament, and denied rumors that the two sides had decided to install more surveillance cameras at Iran's nuclear facilities.
After returning to Vienna, Austria, where the IAEA headquarters is located, Grossi told the media on the 4th that Iran agreed with the IAEA to increase the number of inspections of the Fordow nuclear facility by 50%.
In addition, Iran promised to reopen the monitoring equipment in some nuclear facilities that were closed in June last year.
The two sides will agree on specific methods of verification and monitoring at a technical meeting to be held in Tehran shortly.
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