Iran pushes back on Vance claims about IAEA access
Iran said Monday that its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog would continue “under the current procedures,” pushing back after senior US officials said Tehran had agreed to let International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors back into the country.
In comments carried by the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran’s interaction with the IAEA would proceed “in accordance with Iran’s obligations under safeguard agreements” and “in line with resolutions passed by Parliament and decisions of the Supreme National Security Council.”
Under a law passed by Iran’s parliament last summer, cooperation with the IAEA and inspections are suspended.
The remarks came after US Vice President JD Vance said at a news conference in Switzerland, the site of US-Iran talks Sunday, that Iran had agreed to admit IAEA inspectors, a development he said “is probably what we’re most excited about as Americans.”
According to IRNA, Baghaei was responding to those US statements and said Iran has not taken on any new commitments. IRNA also reported, citing officials familiar with talks in Switzerland, that Tehran did not negotiate the nuclear issue during 18 hours of discussions and did not accept any new obligations.
It added that any visits to damaged nuclear sites and any arrangements involving Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile would depend on a specific mechanism to be agreed in a final deal after the 60-day negotiations set out in a memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran.
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