IAEA reaffirms Iran's commitment to nuclear deal undertakings

Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, reiterated the IAEA's approval of Iran's implementation of its undertakings based on the 2015 nuclear deal with the P+1 group of countries.

"Iran is acting based on all its undertakings, and all parties to the nuclear deal should also act upon their undertakings," Amano told reporters after a meeting with Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran on Sunday.

Noting that the IAEA has been supervising and verifying Iran's commitment to the nuclear deal, he said, "The IAEA can confirm that Iran is acting according to its undertakings."

Asked by reporters about US President Donald Trump's remarks against the nuclear deal, Amano said, "The nuclear deal is an agreement between the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany) and Iran, and the UN Security Council has supported it and the IAEA is responsible with supervising and approving implementation of undertakings under the deal."

In relevant remarks earlier this month, Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Gholamali Khoshrou, underlined that the IAEA can determine whether Tehran has remained committed to the nuclear deal in Vienna on July 14, 2015.

"IAEA is the only eligible source to confirm Iran’s compliance with JCPOA," Khoshrou said in an interview with the National Public Radio (NPR) of US.

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