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”.

Russian diplomat says spirit of cooperation between IAEA and Tehran has prevailed

TEHRAN - Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has said that the spirit of cooperation between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Tehran prevailed.

Envoy welcomes IAEA report as positive step in bilateral ties

TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the Vienna-based international organizations says the recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) envisages a positive, constructive outlook in Iran-IAEA relations.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kamalvandi: IAEA chief’s visit to Iran to focus on safeguards issues

TEHRAN - Spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Behrouz Kamalvandi has said that the visit by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director Rafael Mariano Grossi to Iran is taking place within the framework of the Safeguards Agreements.

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.

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.

Tehran urges IAEA to shed light on Saudi ‘covert’ nuclear program

TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday called on the UN nuclear watchdog body to shed light on Saudi Arabia’s “covert” nuclear activities.

By Mohammad Mazhari

IAEA resolution against Iran ‘only makes things more complicated’: Ulyanov

TEHRAN - On June 19, the IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution critical of Iran, a move that Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, says “only makes things more complicated”.

Ghalibaf: We won’t let IAEA complete espionage circle of hostile countries

TEHRAN — The Islamic Republic and its parliament will not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to pursue completing the circle of espionage of hostile countries, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned.

Washington is pushing its European vassals to assume a more aggressive posture against Iran: Italian

Federico Pieraccini, an Italian independent geopolitical analyst at the Strategic Culture Foundation, tells the Tehran Times that the resolution adopted by the IAEA and drafted by the UK, France, and Germany is "a new excuse" to put much pressure on Iran, while "Iran has actually been too cooperative with the IAEA."

Iran won't surrender to bullying: Kharrazi

TEHRAN - Kamal Kharrazi, chairman of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, has said that Iran will not surrender to bullying and will continue its path more determinedly.

Iranian ambassador urges intl. community to respect 2231 resolution

TEHRAN – Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Ali Hosseini has urged the international community, especially signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal known as the JCPOA, to respect the 2231 resolution of the UN Security Council.

By Hamid Bayati

Iran’s interest lies in implementing JCPOA regardless of U.S. provocations, says ex-IAEA official

TEHRAN — The former head of Verification and Security Policy at the IAEA has said that it is in Iran’s strategic interest to continue implementing the JCPOA and the NPT regardless of U.S. provocations.

IAEA resolution shows efforts to discredit nuclear deal: UCLA professor

TEHRAN - Richard D. Anderson, a professor at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), has said that a resolution issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors shows efforts to discredit the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA.

By M.A. Saki

IAEA must obtain information through legal means: international law expert 

‘IAEA resolution on Iran is declaratory, non-obligatory’ 

TEHRAN – An international law expert says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must get information about member states’ nuclear program through “legal means”.

IAEA susceptible to U.S.' pressure: Prof. Entessar

Iran believes that the IAEA Board of Governors has referred and given credence to the information obtained by espionage activities or to the claims raised by inauthentic sources, i.e. the US and the Zionist regime, to adopt the recent resolution against Iran.

‘An international organization like IAEA must not rely on spying information’

TEHRAN - Diako Hosseini, director of the World Studies Program at the Presidential Centre for Strategic Studies, has said that an international organization such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must not rely on spying information.

Former French Foreign Ministry spokesman says EU has strong attachment to maintaining JCPOA

IAEA vulnerable to members with political motives: former French diplomat

TEHRAN – Iran has reacted strongly to the adoption of a resolution by the IAEA Board of Governors, saying it was drafted by the European trio (France, Germany and Britain) under a pressure from the United States and Israel.

President says Iran not waiting for the U.S. presidential elections

Rouhani calls on IAEA to maintain its independence

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency should maintain its independence and advised the Europeans not to give in to the United States’ pressure.

China does not support IAEA’s anti-Iran resolution

TEHRAN – Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian has said that China does not support a resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors which just increases tension.

Alaeddin Boroujerdi calls IAEA resolution purely ‘political’

TEHRAN - Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a former Iranian MP, has said that the decision by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors in approving an anti-Iran resolution is purely “political”.

Iranian parliament calls on government to stop implementing Additional Protocol in response to IAEA resolution

TEHRAN – Iran’s new parliament have issued a statement strongly condemning an anti-Iran resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors, asking the government to stop implementing the Additional Protocol to the NPT.

Ghalibaf calls talks with U.S. ‘poisonous”, ‘harmful’

Iran won’t let IAEA breach legal frameworks: parliament speaker

TEHRAN — The speaker of Iran’s parliament has deplored the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors for succumbing to U.S. pressure and passing an anti-Iran resolution, saying the Islamic Republic will never allow the IAEA to violate its legal frameworks.

Iran calls IAEA resolution ‘counterproductive’

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Friday that the anti-Iran resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors is “unacceptable” and “counterproductive”.

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E3 does not support any attempt to trigger UN sanctions snapback

France, Germany and the United Kingdom, known as E3, said in a statement published on Friday that they do not support any unilateral attempt to trigger a snapback of United Nations sanctions against Iran.