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2021-03-01 21:31
Iran rejects EU talks offer, says U.S. must first lift sanctions
TEHRAN – Iran once again rejected an offer by the European Union to engage in direct talks with the United States over the 2015 nuclear deal, underlining that Washington should lift sanctions before any kind of talks can go ahead.
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2021-02-22 11:11
IAEA will continue ‘necessary verification’ of Iran’s nuclear activities: statement
TEHRAN – Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have reached an understanding on how to continue cooperation two days before Iran starts implementing a nuclear law obligating the Iranian government to halt implementing the Additional Protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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2021-02-21 18:15
IAEA chief holds talks in Tehran
TEHRAN – Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi held talks with Iranian officials to discuss the latest issues related to the cooperation between Iran and the UN body.
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2021-02-20 22:22
Grossi’s track record impedes improvement of ties
Going nowhere
TEHRAN – The UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi was expected to arrive in Tehran on Saturday night ahead of Iran’s important deadline for the White House to lift all sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
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2021-02-17 21:19
IAEA director general to visit Iran on Saturday
TEHRAN – Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will pay a visit to Iran next week to discuss “technical” issues, Iran said on Wednesday.
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2021-02-15 18:54
Iran writes to IAEA, voices concerns on confidentiality of information
TEHRAN – Iran has sent a lengthy letter to Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to inform him of Iran’s concerns about the leakage of the information that Iran has provided to the UN nuclear watchdog.
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2021-01-12 12:16
Rafael Grossi: Iran is progressing "quite rapidly" in 20% enrichment
TEHRAN – The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said Iran is moving very fast in enriching uranium to the purity of 20%.
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2021-01-11 21:38
Iran serious about its recent nuclear decisions
TEHRAN – Iran has moved “quite rapidly” to raise the level of uranium enrichment to 20% after it informed the UN atomic watchdog of its intention. The move came a few days after Iran submitted a letter in this regard to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran is now warning that it will expel the IAEA inspectors in a few weeks if sanctions are not lifted by February.
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2020-12-19 22:04
Grossi remarks spark suspicions about European-led extortion plan against Iran
TEHRAN – The UN nuclear chief’s remarks on the need to hammer out a new nuclear agreement with Iran, which is in line with what the top German diplomat called “nuclear agreement plus,” sparked suspicions in Iran that the European signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal – France, Germany and the UK (E3)- are not acting in good faith.
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2020-12-18 20:39
By M.A. Saki
Serious doubts about Grossi’s intentions
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the Atomic Energy Agency, has said reviving Iran’s nuclear deal under U.S. President-elect Joe Biden would require striking a new agreement setting out how Iran’s reduction of commitments should be reversed.
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2020-12-18 20:18
Iran hits back at IAEA chief’s call for new agreement, says JCPOA not renegotiable
TEHRAN – There will be no renegotiations on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and even if the deal is revived there would also be no need for a new document on the UN atomic watchdog’s role in implementing the deal, Iran said in response to UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi’s remarks on the need to strike a new agreement to revive the Iran deal.
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2020-12-12 21:53
Iran urges IAEA to be ‘independent, professional and impartial’
TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi has called on the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) to remain professional and impartial.
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2020-12-11 13:06
Envoy criticizes IAEA chief’s assessment of new Iranian law
TEHRAN — Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations has criticized the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s remarks, saying the IAEA is only responsible with monitoring and verifying Iran’s nuclear-related measures.
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2020-10-11 12:51
Iran short of ‘significant quantity’ of material for nukes: IAEA
TEHRAN — International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi has said Iran is not in possession of enough enriched uranium to develop nuclear weapons.
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2020-10-02 21:27
'JCPOA is very much alive for the countries that are adhering to it'
Rafael Grossi says IAEA carried 400 inspections in Iran last year
TEHRAN — Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said that the UN watchdog carried out more than 400 inspections in Iran last year.
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2020-09-21 20:00
Grossi verifies non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran
TEHRAN — Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi has verified the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran.
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2020-09-15 18:32
Grossi calls Iran an important partner of IAEA
TEHRAN - Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has said that Iran is an important partner of the Agency.
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2020-09-14 18:02
Grossi welcomes Iran-IAEA agreement
TEHRAN - Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has said that he welcomes an agreement between the Agency and Iran which he hopes “will reinforce cooperation and enhance mutual trust”.
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2020-09-01 14:50
JCPOA parties meet amid U.S. isolation
The signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA, meet in Vienna on Tuesday.
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2020-08-25 19:05
IAEA should be impartial and professional: Zarif
TEHRAN - At a meeting with IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined the need for the UN nuclear watchdog to be “impartial” and “professional” in its dealings with Iran.
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2020-08-25 14:56
Iran says expects ties with IAEA to be based on mutual commitments
TEHRAN – Iran expects its relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to be based on legal commitments of both sides, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has said.
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2020-08-25 12:58
Tehran says won’t succumb to illegal requests over its nuclear program
TEHRAN – Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi, who held talks on Tuesday with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, said Iran has not succumbed to illegal requests and will never succumb to such requests.
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2020-08-24 22:08
Why Iran cannot trust the IAEA
Broken trust
TEHRAN - In a bid to address “outstanding questions”, Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrived in Tehran late on Monday amid Iran’s growing distrust of the IAEA.
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2020-08-24 14:47
Zarif: IAEA chief’s Iran visit not related to U.S. snapback move
TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said the forthcoming visit to Tehran by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi has nothing to do with Washington’s efforts to trigger the so-called snapback of UN sanctions against Iran.
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2020-08-22 18:36
IAEA chief to visit Iran on Monday
TEHRAN - Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi is scheduled to visit Iran on Monday.
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2020-08-21 18:32
IAEA chief mulling over visit to Iran: NHK
TEHRAN - NHK has learned that the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, is planning to visit Iran for the first time.
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2020-06-19 12:25
Iran has 'nothing to hide', Zarif tells Europeans
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday reacted to a draft resolution submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors by the Europeans, saying that Tehran has "nothing to hide".
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2020-06-15 18:31
By staff and agency
IAEA to continue verification in Iran
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said on Monday that the agency continues to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran under its Safeguards Agreement.
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2020-03-11 13:46
By Javad Heirannia
'IAEA main weaknesses is relying on information provided by its members'
TEHRAN - Marc Finaud, the former French Foreign Ministry spokesman, says that one of the main weaknesses of the Agency is not to have any means of collecting its own intelligence and relying on the information provided by its Member States.
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2020-03-10 11:50
By Javad Heirannia
Israeli documents about Iran's nuclear program cannot be confirmed: Nephew
TEHRAN –Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that “It is the IAEA's responsibility to investigate information that it receives.”