Iran’s Foreign Ministry declined current claims from the International Atomic Energy Firm (IAEA) concerning its nuclear program, calling them incorrect and politically inspired. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei, speaking at an interview in Tehran on Monday, slammed IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi for his declarations about Iran’s enriched uranium production, arguing that such remarks surpassed the firm’s required.
Baghaei dismissed the IAEA’s most current report, which suggested that Iran had actually substantially increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% pureness because December. The report recommended that, if additional improved, Iran’s existing uranium reserves might be enough for 6 nuclear weapons. Grossi echoed these issues in public declarations, drawing a sharp rebuke from Iranian authorities.
” The IAEA director need to stay within his expert tasks instead of making political presumptions,” Baghaei stated, firmly insisting that Iran’s nuclear activities adhere to worldwide arrangements, consisting of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. He recommended that Western political pressure affected the firm’s evaluations.
The IAEA’s findings come as Iran’s nuclear program stays a significant point of contention in worldwide diplomacy. In 2015, Tehran signed the Joint Comprehensive Strategy (JCPOA) with world powers, accepting limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief. Nevertheless, the United States withdrew from the handle 2018 under President Donald Trump, reimposing sanctions and triggering Iran to slowly go beyond the contract’s restrictions.
Efforts to bring back the JCPOA have actually been continuous because 2021 however have actually stalled because August 2022, leaving the future of the offer unpredictable.