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and in the eastern hemisphere, iran has announced its enriching uranium at its porto nuclear facility at 60 percent following a fail nuclear deal between these lamps, republic and the west. is there any sign iran is trying to build in nuclear weapon? and while the world nuclear watchdog and other nucleus of the powers demand transparency from iran, some in the region accused the i e of hypocrisy relating to his whales, nuclear program with the global nuclear arsenal. nearing 13000 weapons, mostly in the hands of the us and russia, it seems an increasing number of countries are trying to expand their nuclear capabilities. given the fundamental threat to humanity, these weapons, bose shows the treaty of the non proliferation of nuclear weapons that was signed in 1968 be revised. these are some of the questions we put to the director general of the international atomic energy agency at hotmail, marianna grossey talks to out of here. ah, raphael, marianna grossey, director general with international atomic energy agency. thank you for to look into as is here. i've thought extraordinary times, hearing katara with the world cup underway from argentina and nation of passionate football fans the united messy has resurrected the chances of the team to move forward. but this is. busy not going to talk about, we're moving to talk about iran, which has recently announced it was enriching uranium at fodder facility at 60 percent. now the, i am responsible for monitoring nuclear plants and countries, nuclear programs to ensure that they stay peaceful and are safely operated. when we say 60 percent, is that an inflection point in it runs pro? well, it is certainly closer to weapon. great weapon grade is 90 percent. this is 60 percent . nobody saying that they are making nuclear weapons. but at the same time, it is obvious that the constant accumulation of material at those very high levels require a very intensive presence of the i. e, a. inspectors to check that everything is in order at the same time, we have been having some problems in terms of getting from iran, necessary clarifications about traces of uranium which are inspectors found in places which in principle should have not been up post to any new character vitti, so when you put all these things together, of course, there are some, there's a need for transparency, let, let's put it in a less dramatic way. there is a need for transparency and you looking forward to get some answers from the iranians about it. now, when, when, when, when the iranian se, injecting uranium gas introduce centrifuges from a technical perspective. as far as you're concerned, is this an indication that the vapid li, moving towards enriching uranium to i'm presented level. this means that what they said that they would be doing, they are doing it and they are doing it fast. they are moving fast to a mentoring increasing in quite a significant way, the enrichment capacity, and therefore the accumulation of enriched uranium. ah, the assume that this is the way you operate the a basically have indicators, red flags and use thought to monitor the thing the way things bu, let's look at what the iranians themselves hopping thing that they are. they have 6 cascades or clusters of i ot x, which are the most advanced of the centers, centrifuges operating father and tons, and they are planning to add for being more capacity cent fisher's to replace the old generation. what does that mean? well, it means that he said that termination to enrich and reach more and faster if you go back to, for example, the of the agreement that they had with the p 5. i mean the 5, the famous j c p a. and it allowed for limited 5000 or so in, in centrifuges which of the machine where you and reach uranium and of an older generation . the, i are the so called i, or one which were, you know, slower. and it was agreed that it could happen in this way. you know, now we are moving into ire, two's i or fours i or 6 is adding, as you are rightly describing thousands of centrifuges and, and many and thousands of cars, kate each other. so apart from the figures which could be anything 2021 to 2000. what it means is that they are moving ahead. they are and reaching more far above what had been agreed before. so there is clearly a message behind this, correct me if i'm wrong, the new generation of santa fishes are 10 times faster than what are some are depending on the combination as understood. and we, as we are saying, they have different types. so it is a matter of more efficiency in the production of the material which can be as far as you are concerned, the moment you get a sense that the nation is operating with just with the o generation. is it just a strong indication of that? this is purely for peaceful purposes. well, i would say the technology with which you and reach is not any decatur of intentions. what is an indicator of intentions? maybe if you work well with the agency, i mean they have a right to enrich uranium. uranium enrichment is not per se forbidden, but you have to be aware that there are perceptions and that you have a responsibility to give assurances that everything that you're doing is clear that there is no diversion of nuclear material for purposes which are not peaceful. and here we still have areas where we do not see eye to eye with the random. this is all we are saying. we have to sit down. we have to talk to each other, help some inspection activity in iran need is not that the i d is not present at all, but there has been a steady reduction in that capacity that we have. you may remember that in june they removed 27 cameras that they had voluntarily agreed to cap. well, the moment you do this in the message that you're sending to the i e, a and through the gate to the international communities that you want the international community to see less if you want them to see less, why is it so? so what we are saying is, this is not a good idea to work with the e. b transparent work with us. now you said that you'd be looking forward to get some assurances on the iranians in a report published by the i a in july. you said that iran has some how 43 kilograms of enrich uranium in recent, it's more they said not 49. that's a purity of 60 percent, which is enough to acquire for one nuclear weapon. now if you have that, that's one thing. designing a weapon is something else, excel live, resist, it was something else. when you look at the big picture for our audience, the g. c. p. o. was talking about a capital 3 point. 67. exactly. that's talking about 60 percent. exactly. is this a failure? well, i think what one can say is that the j c, p a of what remains of it has become impractical term terms irrelevant. it will have to be revived and i think that he still may be a glimmer of hope that the could be done. although, i mean it's in the hands of those negotiating. i am not negotiating that i am the inspector, guarantor of the, of the agreement. at the moment. there doesn't seem to be much action. we hope that they can agree on that. and we are going to be inspecting it. but again, if you turn off the inspection capacities of the ages, see how i am to provide assurances that the baselines, i mean, the amount what iran has, how many centrifuges, how much nuclear material, what are the places that they are working? is a credible information. and this is what i'm trying to convince my uranian colleagues, that they have to accept that without us, given the assurances that must be needed. there weren't, there won't be confidence. but they seem to be very much frustrated with the report . they say they are not there. the are politically motivated that they are not really looking into the real concerns of the writing stuff to you since your teams have full access to the nucleus life in iran, 5 once since the various equipment was removed. you said that you're present in a way or another as a iran, are you hoping that you will be able to negotiate a settlement with iranian so allow the teens better we have to improve dramatically our level of cooperation. our level of cooperation is nowhere near where you should be. we used to have a high level dialogue, but typically it is not there anymore. the visits of our inspectors are sometimes postpone without a real reason. so everything is very laborious. everything is very difficult. so what we are saying is that we need to change this, we need to reset urgency. and now would you be able to, if you get a chance to go back to iran, to put together all the elements of what possibility that we could buddies, is it's becoming increasingly difficult if you wrap up all your activities as you were describing more machines, more material or less transparency then when, when we are back there and we are, they are already but not at the levels we should be when we try to reconstruct the jigsaw puzzle war, is it that is going on? what is there? the, the overall picture. it's going to be more difficult. it is, it is not so strange to say that. so when whatever they or anybody else would say this is politically motivated, we say no. our, our job is to tell things as they are without adorning them in, in any way. it's the simple reality. if you don't like the reality change it, you're not, you're not party to the g, c p. however, people think that there isn't a connection between the reinstating the g c p o and allowing the inspectors back into iran. the reason why i'm asking you this, because do you think that the key component is getting answers from the iranians about the front when you click material of those undeclared sites, you know, it's a good point because giving answers to the i eat on these things. we are asking them is not an optional, it's an obligation. so this linkages, i understand, we will live in a political world. and, and this is a political decision makers and i don't have anything to say about that. political decision maker makers may may say, well, you know, if i do this, maybe i can do, i can do the other. the other thing they can make whatever connections they want. i am not going to be chasing the connections. they make. what i'm going to be saying is you have an obligation. this is not a voluntary thing, g b a has many voluntary things, but to respond to the i. e. a is an obligation. as simple as that, okay? these are unprecedented times in the typically when it comes to the growing level of anxiety about the potential of a nuclear disaster. this is going to bring me to the issue of ukraine. the approach here you have the biggest nuclear plant, is it going to be an exaggeration, if i say, or if i described the plant as the most dangerous place on earth? well, it's a place where there are enormous dangers. i would say this is the way i would put it because it's, as you rightly say, the biggest 6 reactors, $1000.00 megawatt, each one of these reactors. so doesn't thousands of nuclear material. enrich uranium to tony. i mean the spent fuel, which is there. and these plays out as, as incredible as these may sound, he's been shout. can you imagine that he's been shout or the the external power sources, the lies that feed the plant and allow the plant to be at cold? now, so the reactors can operate normally are being interrupted, wittingly or unwittingly has a war. and this is a war zone. so what we are saying is, and what i have been proposing, and what i have been negotiating with ukraine, of course with rush out which is in effective control of the facility, is the ment of a protection zone around the plant. so whatever the military or whatever that military actions take us or them, there is a recognition that a nuclear power plant as target is a no go share with us. i understand really, i know these are delicate times of big, very cautious talking about these issues. could you just share with us a glimpse of what happens behind closed doors when you're suddenly looking into the maps, talking above the latest updates? and suddenly someone says, you know what, the reactions constantly need to be call down. but then we need to create a water, you need to have a constant supply of electricity that are shells which are flying into those areas . there is a massive concern for something terribly happening that what happens when you talk about this particular? well, our teams have been working 247 since february 24th of this year. when this war started. and don't forget, we started, we are not, you know, villa was also occupied then then there the troops withdrew. from there, there were some informations about of the place being in danger of and again, radiation leaks and things like that. so we deployed there, then there is a port easier crisis game and the 3 other nuclear power plant in that $154.00 sites. the 3 other, even a min needs key and south ukraine, where all saw in shut down and operating with emergency diesel generators because the greed had been attacked or was interrupted. so i wouldn't, i would say, we don't have time to fear. we are all the time, you know, on the, on the action, try to see what is needed in different parts and what are the technical solutions we can discuss with at the ukrainian operators at to, to see to it that there is no accident. that moment the very particular moment it was the 1st time in 40 years where the reactors had to be running on on diesel generators. was it a risk a moment? well, it was, and it's still east because it is happening. this is why a be saying this is play with fire. we know that there can be an accident any, any time. so what i am telling the world and i went to the security council last yes. you know? and i said, who do we have to blame if there is an accident? one of these certainly not mother nature, as he happened today, she mapped or a very strange concourse circumstances, no peak political system like it happened at the time of the soviet union, $986.00, with church turnover. now we know we know we know what is happening. we know what needs to be done to prevent it when it, when it comes to what needs to be done. you've had talks recently with the russians . yes. and you know, that you had an advocate of protection zone around the site. yes. when you send a protection zone, are we talking about the prison a militarized presence around the area to his own? it is a complex concept because there are no, there's no cease fire negotiation or no demilitarization talks. what we are, let me put it in very simple to boat shoot at the plant. ok. and this is far simpler and far safer or from the plant, and far safer and viable. and these can be done with the i e a as the technical authority that can guarantee that this is happening. we took it basically about enough light zone. know a buffer zone demilitarized so ensure that a radius of 30 kilometers ok from my bob from below or from under ground. and the people who are doing this know exactly what they're doing. all this is happening of the same time when the north korea is continuous his program of testing massage. how do you see it? well, the problem with north korea is that, unlike the case of iran and this is why we're trying to prevent failure, there is that we know quite north korea until 2006. we were also in this dire straits. we failed and we as an international community, i mean and north korea across the line and now is a nuclear weapon professor state, not legitimate, but they have a huge arsenal. when you combine these with me said, cup abilities. well, you see that you have an actor around the table that decided to leave the system because they are not under the ages or the authority of the a yea. they left something which is called the nonproliferation treaty, the entity they're, they're the n p t, the famous n p d. so they are completely isolated on their own. we are, even in this consensus telling them to talk to the i. e a, we can de escalate. we can do things to reduce the dangers of use of nuclear weapons. but don't you think that this could be the moment to reinvent some of the aspects of the n p t itself and talks with the idea? because ultimately with seeing that the trend is, their nations are moving towards acquiring nuclear weapons because they're saying, well, you know, what if others have is, why don't we have this is why the nuclear the nonproliferation order, if you want to call it, has by and large been a great success and president kennedy junk the journal. kennedy 1962 said that this trend, we're going to have $3540.00 countries with nuclear weapons, which could have been the case actually if you're taking a logic technology or technological aspects, how many countries have that? so and it, it has, by a large not happened. we have a handful countries. of course, we shouldn't have to use having nuclear weapons. but this is another discussion. maybe what we need is to prevent cases of not of, of pretty friction. this is why it is so important that we succeed in iran, among others. but you know, the principle is flawed, philosophically speaking, and i'll tell you why a spot, because you know, it's all about perceptions. i'll share with you some of the perception in this part of the world. i think you automate. the goal is to enforce the middle east. for example, this valley, this part of the world, which is free of nuclear weapons. yes. why aren't you saying in to think about israel? well, the issue with israel, we are not commentators or analysts. we are an international authority and international organization. we know that in the case of israel, there is a policy of passively many people assume they have nuclear weapons. they have not confirmed or denied israelis. one of the few countries that have chosen not to be a part of the n b t. and we have been c and d, signed the n p t, put all your installations and the authority of the they have chosen not to do that as some other company as well. so we see because we are not, maybe we see the differences that do exist. what is this a western hypocrisy? because on one hand, we know that it's why that perceived as being a nation, the 8th, or 9th nuclear power in the yeah. it, it, it has, it's so called nuclear ambiguity. it's backed by some of the most powerful countries in the world saying nothing to do with nothing, but when it comes to iran, suddenly are looking for what to implement some very top restrictions like as the iranians. people think this is not fair. well, i understand. i understand the logic of that. the question is, is the way to improve things, direct the whole system and to say, well the n p d and the nuclear were order is flawed because there are gaps here and there. my answer is definitely no. iran and i think is doing the right thing in remaining within the n p t. look at what happened with countries like an old korea that decided to isolate themselves, go their own way. it is very difficult for them. so and what easy to be easy to be gained by having nuclear weapons. my impression is that they in instead of bringing stability, they bring a lot of instability and constant tension. but i think you agree with these are, this is also about time to ask the right questions. like for example, i think nuclear weapons are the most devastating things the happy creat. absolutely . how comes that huntsville, nuclear arms countries threaten our survival? our very well yours. he said, philosophical fundamental, let's see, yes, that's the thing. and the other ones who dictated the rules of the world, did you find it a just to find you find it? so i think that we all subscribed and subscribe to the idea of a nuclear weapon free. well, this is indeed indeed included in the n p t. ok goal that needs to be reached and we do not forget about this. but then again, a jump in an empty space without any norms. i don't think that is the something i see. your point is going to be a long way to go. let me take you to something different. yes. just basically nuclear energy. do you think it could be the best answer to the climate change? i think there's no one single answer. what we say is that nuclear has a place at the table, and this is not a proposition. this is happening gloating in this region where you have the united out are emmy rates with for new nuclear power plants. you have egypt building nuclear power plants at the moment at the moment. for example, in europe, where they saw much debate, half of the clean energy use of nuclear already today, not in a distant future. so nuclear energy is part of the equation we believe in, of course, in a good article asian, more intelligent mix with renewable. that seems to be a big supporter of the small motor, the reactors, reactors and the generation for reactors are, these are the efficient abi safe? well, they are in development. i think that when you look at the nuclear, the global nuclear feet, it is basically the big reactors. they are working of a continue to be there for 140 something. but there's a general perception, you know, this about the nuclear energy, which people, they sit haunted by their memories of what happens shouldn't been focused. and they said with the spent fuel with those traditional technology. the potential for disaster is that is why people say to have a very strong nuclear safety culture, which is enforced by the among other things that, that we do to make sure that all these big reactors that are operating their mind you, they are being because of the energy crisis, they are being extended now, you have reactors that are going to be operating almost for a 100 years. the normal life used to be 3040 years. they're been extended, they are been refurbished, 40 an ad and more. so what you need is a strong global authority that ensures that whoever is working on diesel uses of energy follows the rule. thank you. all of them strictly offend marianna, director general industrial atomic energy agency. thank you for talking to us. so you know, a great pleasure. i really appreciate. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. i dories of determination enjoying from minute audio interaction with for cheating, his own handles over a wall, multiple new to plumber. next to and wanda mini, i was with that as well. when you opened up, you'll wish that with a new series of short documentaries, by african filmmakers, africa direct on al jazeera watching the world cup in 1986 glories technicolor. from spain. i've never seen anything like at least plays a lot of come from a different plans. and after that, i was all in on the world come for 40 from doha, which is now more hog on the very 1st well come in the middle east. it is the privilege it is a hugely complex and often controversial events and cover. but once a ball is kicks, passion, and the excitement of full psychology. ah, well, tara martinez. oh, the dream is still alive then only just for the south american heavyweights a little messy at the well. but it's hot, break for another favorite from the continental brazil on knocked out by pro asia more penalty she was out from ah.