“The agency’s new report, which is the ninth since the day of implementing the JCPOA and the 8th seasonal verification report submitted to the IAEA board of governors, contrary to US claims, once again confirms that Iran’s nuclear activities are in full compliance with the JCPOA,” Najafi said on Monday.

Najafi also stressed that Iran and other member states of the IAEA expect the agency to proceed with its “professional and impartial” work and verify the JCPOA implementation based on safeguard standards.

The remarks came as concerns have been growing in recent weeks that the US administration may unilaterally scrap the nuclear agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany).

In a major confrontational stance against Iran on October 13, US President Donald Trump refused to certify the multilateral deal on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program.

Speaking from the White House, Trump said he will choose not to certify that Tehran is complying with the agreement.

The JCPOA was reached in July 2015 and came into force in January 2016.

Since the historic deal was signed in Vienna, the IAEA has repeatedly confirmed the Islamic Republic’s compliance with its commitments under the JCPOA, but some other parties, especially the US, have failed to live up to their undertakings.

In a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi on Sunday night, President Rouhani voiced Iran’s full support for the Iraqi central government, expressing confidence that Baghdad would successfully deal with the problem of Kurdistan region’s referendum.

Iran stresses the need for respect for the Iraqi Constitution, the president added, noting that any violation of the Constitution would spell an illegal action.

Highlighting Iran and Turkey’s common views about the controversial Kurdish referendum and their joint support for Baghdad, the president said Iran will stand by the neighboring Iraq.

For his part, Abadi denounced the Kurdistan region’s decision to secede from Iraq as an action against the Arab country’s territorial integrity and Constitution.

He also warned that president of the Kurdish region Masoud Barzani’s stances would incite new confrontations in Iraq.

The result of the referendum in the Kurdistan region will be of no validity whatsoever, the Iraqi premier underlined, recommending the KRG officials to avoid plans to rip the country apart.

While Iraq’s Kurds have rushed headlong into a vote for independence on Monday, all neighbors and countries in the Middle East, including Iran and Turkey, have voiced opposition to the vote.

On Sunday, Iran declared a ban on direct flights to and from Kurdistan at Baghdad’s request, while Iraq asked foreign to stop direct oil trading with Kurdistan and demanded that the KRG hands over control of its international airports and border posts with Iran, Turkey and Syria.