The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, stated that Iran has not yet provided required data regarding some of its activities at three previously undisclosed sites. He indicated that Tehran has been informed that any cessation or restriction of the IAEA's access to nuclear sites would negatively impact the agency's work.
During the opening of a special meeting of the IAEA’s Board of Governors in Vienna, Grossi noted that transparency measures related to the nuclear agreement are no longer in place due to the suspension of the additional protocol, asserting that non-implementation of the supplementary agreement makes Tehran non-compliant with its commitments under the accord. Grossi views the presence of uranium at an undeclared site in Tehran as evidence of unannounced activities, stating, "We have not received responses to our requests for information regarding the potential presence of nuclear materials at three additional undeclared sites." He expressed concern over the absence of a technical explanation from Iran regarding the presence of uranium traces, which gives the impression that Iran is not adhering to the supplementary agreement.
The IAEA Director General clarified that any action taken by the IAEA should be based on inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities, emphasizing the continuation of investigations into uranium enrichment levels in Iran. He mentioned that the agreement reached with Tehran is a "temporary technical bilateral agreement for 90 days."
For his part, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, urged Tehran and Washington to work in a synchronized and coordinated manner to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) concerning Iran's nuclear program, and to move away from discussions on who should take the first step in this regard. The IAEA Board of Governors is discussing several files in its meeting today in Vienna, with a focus on the Iranian nuclear program and the results of the IAEA Secretary-General's visit to Tehran last week.
