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IAEA report confirms Iran's commitment to nuclear agreement

Press TV- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed Iran's compliance with its commitments under the 2015nuclear deal, but has called on the country to go beyond its obligations.


According to an IAEA report shown to the media onThursday, Iran is observing the key restrictions under the nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The IAEA called on Iran to remain compliant with the JCPOA and even go beyond its legal obligations in orderto boost international confidence in Tehran's commitments.

A senior diplomat at the IAEA headquarters in Viennasaid there has been no lack of cooperation or change of behavior on Iran's part.

However, the diplomat said, Iran can go beyond its legal obligations by adopting certainmeasures such as inviting inspectors to the nuclear sites which they had not even demanded access to.

The JCPOA, agreed between Iran and the US, Russia, China, Germany, France andBritainin July 2015, went into effect in January 2016. Since then, the IAEA has repeatedly confirmed Irans full compliance with the deal in its numerous quarterly reports.

On May 9, the IAEA once again confirmed Iran's commitment to its obligation hours after US President Donald Trump officially declared that his country was pulling out of the JCPOA.

Trump said Washington wouldnot only reinstate the anti-Iran sanctions that were lifted as part of the deal, but wouldalso be instituting the highest level of economic bans against the Islamic Republic.


PressTV-IAEA: Iran honoring commitments under nuclear deal

The UNs nuclear watchdog says Iran is abiding by the terms of its nuclear agreement with world powers.
Unable to cite any act by Iran that could be interpreted as a violation of the JCPOAs terms, Trump only lashed out at the deal, saying it was weak in limitingTehrans nuclear program.

Trumps controversial announcement came despite recurrent calls byother parties to the JCPOA as well as the entire international community onthe US to keep its side of the bargain.

Germany, Britain and France as well as the European Union have announced that they would remain in the agreement, insisting that the JCPOA is functioning properly.

Iran has said it would remain in the nuclear dealfor now, pending negotiations with the other signatories in the coming weeks before making a final decision on its future role in the agreement.

Following Trumps decision, Iranian lawmakers introduced a motion that calls on the government to take "proportional and reciprocal" action andsecure "necessary guarantees" from the remaining signatories.

Iranian lawmakers say if the guarantees by Germany, France, Britain, Russia and China are not provided, the countryshould resume high-level uranium enrichment.

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