Iran has kept to the nuclear deal’s restrictions despite US leaving the agreement, UN atomic watchdog says
However, the International Atomic Energy Agency rebuked Iran for taking too long to comply with ‘complementary access’ inspections
Iran has kept to its agreement on curbing its nuclear activity despite the US pulling out of the deal, the United Nations atomic watchdog said on Thursday.
In its first such report since US President Donald Trump announced Washington’s withdrawal on May 8, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran had complied with limits on the level to which it can enrich uranium, its stock of enriched uranium and other items.
It did, however, rebuke Iran for not comply fast enough with “complementary access” inspections under the agency’s Additional Protocol, which Iran is enacting under terms of the deal.
“The Agency ... has conducted complementary accesses under the Additional Protocol to all the sites and locations in Iran which it needed to visit,” the IAEA wrote in a confidential report that was sent to member states.
“Timely and proactive cooperation by Iran in providing such access would facilitate implementation of the Additional Protocol and enhance confidence,” it said.