After months of talks, Iran and six world powers including the United States reached a broad agreement in July in which Iran agreed to curbs on its nuclear program, including invasive inspections, in exchange for a repeal of crippling sanctions.
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On Tuesday, Amano reaffirmed his belief in the IAEA’s ability to carry out the terms of the agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
So far, the costs have been met through extra-budgetary contributions from member states, but that money will be exhausted by the end of September.
In response to the question what would be the real cause behind AP’s big story making the claims about possible Iranian upper hand in the deal with the IAEA, which riled the US Congress Republicans, Rauf said “ask the AP itself”.
Amano said Tuesday that would be premature.
Under the July 14 agreement aimed at ending a 13-year standoff, Iran will dramatically reduce in scale its nuclear activities in order to make any dash to produce atomic weapons all but impossible.
“There is now a historic opportunity to resolve the Iran nuclear issue”.
More than $10 million a year will be needed from member states to monitor the proposed deal, said Yukiya Amano, director general of the worldwide Atomic Energy Agency, and funds are already running out. “We resolved it without the IAEA having access to that facility”, he said.
Reza Najafi, Iran’s envoy to the IAEA, asked whether Tehran had submitted new information about its nuclear past to the agency, told reporters both Iran and the IAEA were bound not to disclose details of the roadmap.
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Of that amount, some €6.2 million will go to inspect Iran’s declared nuclear facilities and other related sites like uranium mines and mills and surveillance of Iran’s manufacturing of centrifuges and storage locations. This, by the way, is one of Iran’s main sites for producing bombs and missile launchers. Officials have said Washington is ready to help the agency meet additional needs to implement the Iran agreement.
