Iran must enjoy nuclear deal benefits: diplomat

TEHRAN - Kazem Gharib Abadi, Tehran’s new representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, said on Monday that Iran must enjoy benefits of the 2015 nuclear deal, formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Iranian MPs demand reducing cooperation with IAEA

TEHRAN – Iranian lawmakers have issued a statement demanding the government to reduce the level of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) due to doubts about the determination of European countries to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal after the U.S. pullout from the multilateral agreement.

Kazem Gharib Abadi named Iran’s ambassador to IAEA

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani appointed on Wednesday Kazem Gharib Abadi as Iran’s new representative to the international organizations, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Vienna.

By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh

Iran at SCO: Role, achievements, and goals

Nearly a month after the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), leaders from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met in Qingdao, China, to set the roadmap for the future.

Iran begins to develop infrastructure to build advanced centrifuges

TEHRAN - The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said on Tuesday that it has begun work to prepare the infrastructure for building advanced centrifuges at the Natanz enrichment facility, while respecting its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.

Rouhani: Private sector able to foil sanctions effects

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday reiterated his administration’s policy to help boost the country’s economy and said the private sector is capable to offset “the weapon of sanctions”.

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Pompeo's demands on Iran at odds with reality

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo laid out a list of demands on Iran in a speech threatening to "crush" the country on Monday. His bellicose words come weeks after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal and are nothing short of an ultimatum demanding Iran's total surrender to U.S. wishes.

Iran to ditch nuclear agreement if talks with EU fails: envoy

TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned on Friday the UN monitoring body’s latest report on Iran could be the last one if Europe fails to guarantee Iran’s benefits from the 2015 nuclear pact.

Iran complying with nuclear deal: IAEA

Iran continues to comply with the terms of its nuclear deal with world powers despite the U.S. withdrawal, the UN atomic watchdog policing the accord said on Thursday.

By Payman Yazdani

Pompeo speech an exercise in idiocy: Prof. Zonis

TEHRAN - Marvin Zonis, Professor of international political economy believes that the Pompeo speech was an exercise in idiocy that only provides Trump with excuse to pressure the government in Iran in any way possible to bring about regime change in Iran.

By Mohammad Ghaderi

A case which IAEA doesn’t intend to disclose

TEHRAN - Recently, amid international disputes over the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the nuclear deal with Iran, we witnessed the announcement of a sudden resignation of the IAEA's Head of the Inspection and Supervision Department.

IAEA: Iran honoring nuclear commitments

TEHRAN – Iran is continuing to implement its commitments under the nuclear deal (JCPOA) with major powers, the UN atomic watchdog overseeing the deal said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

By Javad Heirannia

Pull out of JCPOA serious mistake for security of U.S.: Matthew Bunn

TEHRAN - Matthew Bunn, a specialist in nuclear security at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, believes that “There is still a chance that President Trump will decide to stay in the deal for a time, but it is more probable than not that he will pull out of the agreement and reimpose U.S. nuclear sanctions.”

By Javad Heirannia

Trump shows wishes to withdraw from JCPOA: former senator

TEHRAN – Bennett Johnston, an American politician in the Democratic Party and lobbyist who represented Louisiana in the United States Senate is the current chairman of the American-Iranian Council. Mr. Johnston is of the opinion that “Trying to predict what President Trump will do is a fool’s errand, but it does appear that every indication is that he wishes to withdraw from JCPOA.”

By Javad Heirannia

Netanyahu relying on confusion and ignorance about JCPOA: Pillar

TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “Netanyahu is relying on confusion and ignorance about the JCPOA.”

By Javad Heirannia

Netanyahu's documents did not reveal anything new: Fitzpatrick

TEHRAN - Mark Fitzpatrick, director of the non-proliferation program at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), says that “The documents that Prime Minister Netanyahu displaced on 30 April did not reveal anything that was already known by the IAEA.”

By Javad Heirannia

Iran has fulfilled its obligations under JCPOA: Kimball

TEHRAN - Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association in Washington, is the opinion that “Presently, Iran is meeting all of its JCPOA commitments. The IAEA has reported Iran’s compliance with the accord in 10 consecutive reports.”

IAEA reaffirms Iran’s compliance to nuclear deal for 10th time

TEHRAN - In a report issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday, the UN atomic watchdog reaffirmed for the tenth time that Iran is fulfilling its obligations, under the 2015 nuclear deal, officially being known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

IAEA, EU reaffirm support for nuclear deal

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union (EU) on Thursday reaffirmed their support for the Iran nuclear agreement and reviewed progress achieved in working together on a range of nuclear activities.

Russia, IAEA discuss Iran deal

TEHRAN – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Monday met with IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards Tero Varjoranta to discuss the Iran deal and other issues.

Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Killing the Iran nuclear deal will be bad for the U.S.

After months of threatening to undo the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Donald Trump once again opted to extend the deal by waiving economic sanctions on Iran. This was the “last chance,” he declared in a Jan. 12 statement, “to either fix the deal’s disastrous flaws, or the United States will withdraw.”

Iran threatens to greatly speed up uranium enrichment if nuclear deal annulled

TEHRAN – A top Iranian nuclear official has warned that if the nuclear agreement is ditched Tehran will increase its uranium enrichment activities with a speed far much higher than the conclusion of the nuclear deal.

Iran threatens to reconsider cooperation with IAEA

TEHRAN – Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi cautioned on Monday that Tehran might reconsider cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog if the United States fails to respect its commitments under the nuclear agreement.