Yukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has countered U.S. President Donald Trump’s objections to the 2015 nuclear deal. “We have had access to all the locations that we needed to visit,” he told Financial Times in an interview published on Tuesday. He said its inspectors had been able to visit […]

TEHRAN– Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi hailed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for confirming the country’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in eight reports. Salehi told reporters that he had held “good talks” with Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano […]

A senior Russian diplomat has criticized certain countries’ calls for the expansion of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s inspections to include Iranian military sites, saying the IAEA has no authority to carry out such inspection.   “I would like to say absolutely clear and directly that acquiring some false topicality [about] the theme of the IAEA work […]

TEHRAN – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) does not have the authority to clarify a provision of the JCPOA known as Section T. “I would like to say absolutely clear and directly that acquiring some false topicality the theme of the IAEA work on Section T of […]

Amano, IAEA head said that Tehran was giving the IAEA full access to all the sites it needed to inspect. In a significant US policy shift on Oct 13, President Donald Trump disavowed Iran’s compliance with the deal it sealed with world powers, and launched a more aggressive approach to the Islamic Republic over its […]

TEHRAN– Iran’s nuclear chief Salehi said Tehran would stop implementing Additional Protocol if the nuclear deal is canceled, since it is a voluntary agreement and has not yet been adopted by Iranian parliament. Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi, made the remarks in televised interview on Saturday, adding “in regard […]

TEHRAN – Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano confirmed once again that the Islamic Republic of Iran is honoring all it nuclear-related commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. “As I have reported to the Board of Governors, the nuclear-related commitments undertaken by Iran under the JCPOA are […]

TEHRAN – A senior official of Foreign Ministry and member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team Hamid Baeedinejad described the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the only competent authority to address Iran’s commitments under JCPOA. In response to the efforts of the United States to reverse the Agency’s reports confirming Iran has lived up to its commitments under […]

TEHRAN  – International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano said the UN nuclear watchdog would seek access to Iran’s military sites if the need arises. “When we identify the need, we seek access to the locations. We don’t make a difference between civilian and military locations, (but) we don’t discuss details of where we […]

A senior Russian official has dismissed a recent US claim that Moscow is trying to “shield” Iran from inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which Washington has been pushing to widen to Iran’s military sites. Back in August, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attempted to convince the IAEA to request access […]