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2022-06-08 21:28
IAEA board resolution is ‘politically motivated’: senior MP
TEHRAN – A senior Iranian lawmaker has decried the draft resolution submitted by the U.S. and its European allies to the UN nuclear watchdog’s Board of Governors as “politically motivated.”
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2022-06-06 21:49
IAEA BoG resolution: a recipe for disaster
TEHRAN – After a week of bombastic rhetoric, the International Atomic Energy’s 35-nation Board of Governors (BoG) convened a meeting amid reports of a possible censure against Iran, a move that could further complicate the situation around the already stalled talks in Vienna.
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2022-06-06 21:37
West will be liable for possible fallout of IAEA move against Iran, FM warns
TEHRAN — Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday warned the drafters of a resolution against Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors, saying that the U.S. and the European trio of France, Britain and Germany will bear responsibility for all possible consequences.
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2022-03-04 20:19
IAEA chief visits Iran as Vienna talks reach critical point
TEHRAN – Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is expected to pay a visit to Tehran on Saturday amid reports of an imminent deal in Vienna, where Iran and world powers are putting the final touches on how to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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2021-10-20 20:20
What's the main obstacle to resuming Vienna talks?
TEHRAN – As nuclear tensions soar between Iran and the West, grievances over the statements of the chief of the UN nuclear watchdog accumulate in Tehran.
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2021-09-12 22:18
Iran calls talks with IAEA director constructive
TEHRAN - The new chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami on Sunday described his talks with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi as “good and constructive”.
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2021-06-08 18:23
Tehran rejects Grossi’s assessment on Iran-IAEA cooperation
TEHRAN - Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has responded to the assessment of IAEA chief Rafael Grossi about the quality of cooperation between Iran and the UN body, advising him to avoid politicizing the Iranian nuclear program.
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2021-06-03 01:15
Senior Iranian diplomat elaborates on Salehi’s letter to IAEA chief
TEHRAN - Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Kazem Gharibabadi, has given more details about the letter that Iran’s nuclear chief sent to IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi.
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2021-06-01 19:50
Iran nuclear chief sends letter to IAEA
TEHRAN - Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), has sent a letter to the chief of the UN nuclear watchdog informing him that a February deal between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency has expired but Iran decided to continue to store data related to monitoring activities.
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2021-04-23 19:44
Change in mode of uranium enrichment ‘technical,’ Iran says
TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to the Vienna-based international organizations has offered explanation about the country’s decision to change the mode by which it was producing uranium up to 60%, saying the decision was “technical.”
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2021-02-22 16:46
Grossi, White House eager to avoid suggestion limits on inspectors in Iran was creating a crisis
TEHRAN - The new limits to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to the Iranian nuclear sites will be lighter than the Iran’s Parliament wanted, giving Western nations three months to assess if they can revive the 2015 nuclear agreement, according to the New York Times.
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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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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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2020-08-25 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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2020-08-24 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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2020-03-11 19:01
Iran says IAEA questions should be technical, legal
TEHRAN- Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on Wednesday that Iran is only tasked to answer “legal and technical questions” by the International Atomic Agency Organization (IAEA).
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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.”
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2019-07-22 13:28
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano passes away at 72
UN nuclear agency chief Yukiya Amano has passed away at the age of 72, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on Monday.
