The Islamic Republic thus responds to the resolution condemning France, the United Kingdom and Germany for their “insufficient cooperation”
The return to the 2015 nuclear agreement moves away every day due to the lack of understanding between the Iranians, the rest of the signatories of the pact and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The latest disagreement has its origin in the resolution condemning France, the United Kingdom and Germany for Iran’s “insufficient cooperation” and the practical consequence is that the Iranians have decided to turn off two of the surveillance cameras installed by the international agency in a of your plants.
“Unfortunately, without considering that the cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been of good will, the IAEA has not only not shown its appreciation, but has somehow considered it a duty of Iran,” the Agency statement said. Iranian Atomic Energy in which they have reported the shutdown of these two cameras. The Tehran authorities recalled that at the time they were installed as “proof of goodwill” and reported that “80% of the cameras are still operational.” The bypassed devices are an online enrichment monitor and flow meter system installed at unidentified plants.
Until Donald Trump decided in 2018 to break the agreement signed by Barack Obama and re-impose sanctions on Tehran, all IAEA reports highlighted strict compliance with the pact. The Iranians continued to respect the text by which they limited uranium enrichment for another year, but then began to move away with a series of measures that they described as “reversible” to pressure the rest of the signatories. As soon as the United States lifts the punishments, the Islamic republic assures that they will once again respect the points agreed in 2015, but two years have passed since the arrival of Joe Biden and Washington has not withdrawn the sanctions.
The Israeli role
Israel has played a decisive role throughout the negotiating process. The Jewish state is a firm opponent of the return to the agreement and its prime minister, Naftali Bennet, has brought to light documents that the Mossad would have stolen from the Iranians that would show that they in turn would have stolen material from the IAEA to “systematically evade nuclear research,” according to Bennet. The Iranians also see the hand of their enemy in the assassinations of scientists and sabotage suffered at their nuclear plants in recent years. Israel, as it always does in these cases, neither confirms nor denies.
The weight of the Israelis has become clear this week once again with the visit to the country of the director general of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi. From Tehran they have criticized this trip and the head of the nuclear program, Mohamed Eslami, asked aloud at a press conference: “How many inspections has the agency carried out in that country? Do you even have permission to do so? When Israel accuses Iran of a lack of transparency and demands more control over its atomic program, Tehran recalls that Israel is part of the club of non-signatory countries of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Atomic Weapons, along with South Sudan, India and Pakistan. North Korea withdrew in 2003.
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