IAEA Confirms Iran’s Compliance with the JCPOA
Despite Jerusalem’s attempts to use the Iranian nuclear archive obtained by Mossad to delegitimize the deal, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog says Iran is complying with the 2015 agreement
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 05/03/2019
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano (Photo: D. Calma / IAEA)
“Iran is implementing its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” the IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said in his introductory statement to the IAEA’s Board of Governors in Vienna on Monday. “It is essential that Iran continues to fully implement those commitments,” he added.
“The Agency continues to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran under its Safeguards Agreement. Evaluations regarding the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran continue.
“In implementing verification activities in Iran, the Agency analyses all safeguards-relevant information, which normally takes time, and takes action when appropriate. The Agency undertakes analysis and takes action in an impartial, independent and objective manner, within the existing safeguards framework and in line with established safeguards practice,” said Amano.
The IAEA chief also addressed the North Korean issue. “The Agency has not observed any indications of the operation of the 5MW(e) reactor since early December 2018. At the Radiochemical Laboratory, we have not observed any indications of reprocessing activities. At the Light Water Reactor, the Agency saw indications of ongoing construction work. We also continued to observe indications of the ongoing use of the reported centrifuge enrichment facility.”
“However, without access, the Agency cannot confirm the nature and purpose of these activities,” Amano stressed. “The IAEA stands ready to undertake verification and monitoring activities in the DPRK if a political agreement is reached among countries concerned.”
Amano’s statement regarding Tehran’s compliance with the JCPOA is in line with the remarks made last month by US Vice President Mike Pence at the Warsaw Summit. “Some argue that Iran is in technical compliance with the narrow terms of the deal. But compliance is not the issue; the deal is the issue,” Pence said then, thus essentially confirming the fact that the White House has no evidence of Iranian violations of the nuclear deal.
The Israeli Mossad also failed to provide any evidence of Iranian non-compliance with the agreement. The latest discoveries that emerged from Iran’s stolen nuclear archive only revealed its military nuclear progress prior to the implementation of the deal.
Despite Jerusalem’s attempts to use the Iranian nuclear archive obtained by Mossad to delegitimize the deal, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog says Iran is complying with the 2015 agreement
“Iran is implementing its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” the IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said in his introductory statement to the IAEA’s Board of Governors in Vienna on Monday. “It is essential that Iran continues to fully implement those commitments,” he added.
“The Agency continues to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran under its Safeguards Agreement. Evaluations regarding the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran continue.
“In implementing verification activities in Iran, the Agency analyses all safeguards-relevant information, which normally takes time, and takes action when appropriate. The Agency undertakes analysis and takes action in an impartial, independent and objective manner, within the existing safeguards framework and in line with established safeguards practice,” said Amano.
The IAEA chief also addressed the North Korean issue. “The Agency has not observed any indications of the operation of the 5MW(e) reactor since early December 2018. At the Radiochemical Laboratory, we have not observed any indications of reprocessing activities. At the Light Water Reactor, the Agency saw indications of ongoing construction work. We also continued to observe indications of the ongoing use of the reported centrifuge enrichment facility.”
“However, without access, the Agency cannot confirm the nature and purpose of these activities,” Amano stressed. “The IAEA stands ready to undertake verification and monitoring activities in the DPRK if a political agreement is reached among countries concerned.”
Amano’s statement regarding Tehran’s compliance with the JCPOA is in line with the remarks made last month by US Vice President Mike Pence at the Warsaw Summit. “Some argue that Iran is in technical compliance with the narrow terms of the deal. But compliance is not the issue; the deal is the issue,” Pence said then, thus essentially confirming the fact that the White House has no evidence of Iranian violations of the nuclear deal.
The Israeli Mossad also failed to provide any evidence of Iranian non-compliance with the agreement. The latest discoveries that emerged from Iran’s stolen nuclear archive only revealed its military nuclear progress prior to the implementation of the deal.
