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Friday 2 February 2018 - 12:30
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Russian experts to visit Fordow enrichment facility: Iranian official

Press TV- An Iranian nuclear official says a team of Russian specialists will visit the Fordow enrichment facility on Sunday as part of a project on stableisotopes.


Behrouz Kamalvandi, who is the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said on Thursday that Tehran and Moscow reached a deal on stable isotopes about a year ago.

Different Iranian delegates traveled to Russia and Russian experts visited Iran, he added.

"Today, we are at the stage of installing some equipment and Russian experts will arrive in Iran on Sunday to begin the installation work," Kamalvandi said, noting that the project will probably begin on Sunday or the following day.

Earlier on Thursday, the AP quoted Russias RIA Novosti news agency as saying that Russian technical specialists were set to arrive this week at Iran's Fordow nuclear facility.

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano said last January thatIran hadremoved excess centrifuges and infrastructure from the Fordow enrichment facility in line with its commitments under the 2015 nuclear agreement.

Amano made the comment in a statement issued on the first anniversary of the implementation of the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries.


PressTV-Iran removes excess centrifuges from Fordo

The IAEA confirms Irans removal of 'excess centrifuges and infrastructure' from its Fordo enrichment facility under the JCPOA.
Iran and the P5+1 countries namely the US, Russia, China, France, Britain, and Germany reached a nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in July 2015 and started implementing it in January 2016.

Under the accord, Iran undertook to apply certain limitsto its nuclear program in exchange for the termination of all nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is the official institution to verify Iranian compliance, has consistently confirmed the Islamic Republic's commitment to its contractual obligations.

However, US President Donald Trump is opposed to theJCPOA, which was negotiated by hispredecessor, Barack Obama, and warned that he might ultimately terminate it.

Last month, Trump extended waivers of key economic sanctions on Iran, lifted under the nuclear agreement, for another 120 days but said he was doing so for the last time.

He furthercalled on European allies and US Congress to work with him tofixthe disastrousflaws in the pact or face a US exit.

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