Russia has expressed hope that the Islamic Republic�s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will not be affected by politics as a nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and six world powers is being implemented.

�Work in IAEA has started. In the framework of Tehran�s compliance with additional protocols on guarantees, we hope that it will not be politicized and that all sides will do everything possible to fulfill them,��Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

Work on implementing the nuclear agreement, dubbed the�Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is being done in a routine mode, Zakharova said.

The Russian diplomat also noted that further development of Iran�s nuclear program and international cooperation with Tehran should be carried out strictly in the framework of the JCPOA and the Council�s Resolution 2231 (2015).



Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council � Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States � plus Germany finalized the JCPOA in Vienna, on July 14, 2015. A few days later, the JCPOA was turned into international law through the 2231 resolution.

Elsewhere in her remarks, Zakharova emphasized that Moscow will actively contribute to �ensuring security of JCPOA during the full course of its implementation at least in the next 10 years.�

On January 16, Iran and the P5+1 started to implement the nuclear agreement.

After the JCPOA�went into effect, all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran by the European Union, the UN Security Council and the United States�were permanently�lifted. Iran in return has put some limitations on its nuclear activities.

Tehran has agreed to provisionally apply the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty as a confidence-building gesture under the country�s nuclear deal with the P5+1. The protocol gives vast access to the IAEA inspectors to Iran's nuclear sites with no or a short notice.



�By Press TV