Iran nuclear chief hails IAEA deal as good basis for cooperation
Tehran, IRNA — Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami says the agreement reached between the Islamic Republic and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in March is a good basis for mutual cooperation.
Eslami made the remarks in a joint presser with Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, in Tehran on Tuesday, a day after the IAEA chief arrived in the Iranian capital for high-level talks with Iranian officials.
“Although Iran’s ill-wishers are always dissatisfied with the country’s interactions with the agency and seek to downplay the measures and decisions through stigmatization and destructive literature, both sides believe that the recent joint statement is a good basis for cooperation,” he said.
He lamented that the process of interaction between the two sides has slowed down over certain issues, but noted that the Islamic Republic and the agency have voiced hope to work based on the agreement.
The first part of our talks is about previous issues that had been finalized in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) under PMD (Possible Military Dimensions), he said, dismissing those issues as highly “political” and “peripheral”.
In this regard, Eslami continued, the important issue is the remaining two places while the issues related to two other places have been resolved.
“The second part is about the existing situation and we should take mutual and coordinated measures for the existing shortcomings and expectations within the framework of the safeguards agreement and NPT and the considerations that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has,” Eslami said.
He added that the third part is future steps and mutual expectations and the role of the IAEA director general, which can be effective in removing the obstacles that are mainly political.
“We agreed that to draft these three parts, the deputies of both sides should discuss the timelines and the details,” he further explained.
Another important issue is to be vigilant that the hostile actions of the Zionist regime against Iran’s nuclear program would not affect the two sides’ interactions, Eslami stated.
This is very important because the Zionist regime is the ring leader of these issues raised in the media, he added.
“At this point, when the nature of this regime has been revealed more than ever to the world and protests are taking place all over the world, we must pay attention to the fact that this destructive regime has been behind the actions against Iran, and we should no longer use the Zionist regime’s remarks and positions as a criterion,” the AEOI chief maintained.
