29 Mar 2024
Friday 10 November 2017 - 12:51
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Iran still complying with nuclear deal, says UN watchdog chief Yukiya Amano

AFP- The UN's nuclear watchdog director Yukiya Amano has reaffirmed Tehran is complying with the 2015 nuclear deal in a meeting with US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, the agency said.

The UNs nuclear watchdog director Yukiya Amano has reaffirmed Tehran is complying with the 2015 nuclear deal in a meeting with US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, the agency said. It was the second meeting between Haley and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief with the first taking place in August during Haleys visit to the agencys headquarters in Vienna, where she called for more controls on Iran. Since that trip, President Trump in October de-certified the Iran deal, and warned Washington may yet walk away from one of the worst agreements in history, leaving its fate in the hands of Congress.

In exchange for controls to prevent Tehran from developing an atom bomb, the deals signatories agreed to gradually lift sanctions. In a statement, the IAEA said Haley and Amano discussed the IAEAs verification and monitoring of Irans implementation of its nuclear-related commitments under the agreement with six global powers the US, Russia, China, France, the UK and Germany. Amano also repeated his assessment that the agreement represents a significant gain for nuclear verification, and that Irans nuclear-related commitments are being implemented.

The IAEA chief assured Haley the agency has so far had access to all the locations it needed to visit Iran, and will continue to work in an impartial and factual manner. Meanwhile, the US mission to the UN expressed Haleys appreciation for the UN watchdogs expertise and professionalism.
Haley vowed the US would support the IAEA in carrying out robust verification of nuclear-related activities in Iran also stressing the importance of full and transparent access for the IAEA in Iran.
Amano is currently visiting the US, where he has spoken with members of Congress and will deliver a speech to the UN General Assembly today.

The UNs nuclear watchdog director Yukiya Amano has reaffirmed Tehran is complying with the 2015 nuclear deal in a meeting with US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, the agency said. It was the second meeting between Haley and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief with the first taking place in August during Haleys visit to the agencys headquarters in Vienna, where she called for more controls on Iran. Since that trip, President Trump in October de-certified the Iran deal, and warned Washington may yet walk away from one of the worst agreements in history, leaving its fate in the hands of Congress.

In exchange for controls to prevent Tehran from developing an atom bomb, the deals signatories agreed to gradually lift sanctions. In a statement, the IAEA said Haley and Amano discussed the IAEAs verification and monitoring of Irans implementation of its nuclear-related commitments under the agreement with six global powers the US, Russia, China, France, the UK and Germany. Amano also repeated his assessment that the agreement represents a significant gain for nuclear verification, and that Irans nuclear-related commitments are being implemented.

The IAEA chief assured Haley the agency has so far had access to all the locations it needed to visit Iran, and will continue to work in an impartial and factual manner. Meanwhile, the US mission to the UN expressed Haleys appreciation for the UN watchdogs expertise and professionalism.
Haley vowed the US would support the IAEA in carrying out robust verification of nuclear-related activities in Iran also stressing the importance of full and transparent access for the IAEA in Iran.
Amano is currently visiting the US, where he has spoken with members of Congress and will deliver a speech to the UN General Assembly today.
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