After Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) agreed last month on a three-month plan aimed at resolving the long-standing issue related to uranium particles discovered at undeclared sites in the country, Mohammad Eslami, head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, announced on Wednesday that Iran has submitted some documents. He added that these submitted documents are related to outstanding issues and were provided to the IAEA to close its investigation regarding uranium particles found at three undeclared sites.
Eslami continued in a press conference broadcast on television that Tehran delivered the documents on March 20 to the agency, indicating that the agency is reviewing these reports and may send its officials to Iran for further discussions. It is noted that the agency has often considered that Iran does not provide satisfactory answers regarding these matters, but in early March, both sides announced a plan for a series of communications.
Last month, IAEA Director Rafael Grossi stated that he aims to announce results by June 2022 at a meeting of the agency's Board of Governors beginning on June 6. Resolving this issue is also expected to remove a hurdle in the way of reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers. Meanwhile, indirect talks lasting 11 months between Iran and the United States in Vienna to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal have stalled, with both sides stating that political decisions from Tehran and Washington are needed to settle the remaining issues.
