Iran threatens to stop implementing IAEA additional protocol if US sanctions not lifted Xinhua | Updated: 2021-02-19 09:32
TEHRAN - A senior Iranian official said Thursday that Iran will stop implementing the Additional Protocol of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if the US sanctions against Iran are not lifted in the coming days.
Amir Abdollahian, special assistant to the speaker of Parliament for international affairs, said that the deadline for the US and European signatories to the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal to lift sanctions will expire in four days. With no effective sanctions lifted, Iran s exit from the @iaeaorg s #Additional Protocol will be definite, Abdollahian tweeted.
IAEA Reveals Iran Started Production of Uranium Metal Banned Under JCPOA - Reports Thu 11th February 2021 | 01:00 AM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 11th February, 2021) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday in a confidential report that Tehran had started to produce uranium metal, a material that can be used to create the core of nuclear weapons, which was prohibited under the 2015nuclear deal, The Wall Street Journal reported.
According to the news outlet, Iran produced a small amount of uranium metal on February 8 after importing new equipment to a nuclear facility in Isfahan that is still under the IAEA inspection.
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei s website has published a series of exclusive interviews with seven top-ranking officials in Iran. Published from January 11 to January 18, and titled Decisive Word, the interviews reflect attitudes of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, and two of his predecessors, Ali Akbar Velayati and Kamal Kharrazi; the speaker of Iran’s Majlis parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and his predecessor, Ali Larijani; the Deputy President and head of Iran Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Ali Akbar Salehi; and former Secretary of the Islamic Republic Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili.
19 January 2021
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Iran has no credible civilian use for uranium metal and must reverse its latest move towards increased enrichment, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the UK - the E3 countries - said on 16 January. In response, the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) said it wanted the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to avoid mentioning unnecessary details .
Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiyee (Image: Fars news agency)
At the turn of the year, Tehran informed IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi that it planned to start 20% uranium enrichment, which is a purity level five times that which it agreed under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA). The announcement followed the passing of a new law in December by the Majles, the Iranian parliament, which requires the AEOI to produce at least 120 kg of 20% enriched uranium annually at the Fordow nuclear site. The law also stipulates that Iran will no longer be bound by the NPT Safeg