UN nuclear watchdog chief urges Iran to answer pressing questions
BERLIN (AA) – The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday urged Iran to answer some of the questions on its nuclear program.
“We, as an international community, have questions – open questions – that need to be answered,” said Rafael Grossi in a joint press statement with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Berlin.
“Our Iranian counterparts still need to provide answers about traces of uranium that were found in places where they should not have been,” he added.
Grossi further said the Vienna-based IAEA Board of Governors would meet this week “to analyze the situation” in connection with Iran’s nuclear developments.
Last week, Grossi said Tehran did not offer anything new during a recent meeting in Vienna about its nuclear program, but stressed talks would continue in the coming weeks.
Iran had announced on Nov. 2 that it was sending a delegation to Vienna to try to narrow differences with the IAEA.
Tehran wants an end to the IAEA’s investigation of its nuclear activities in order to revive the country’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, also called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The accord had restricted Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from Western economic sanctions, but former US President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.
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