Iran complying with JCPOA commitment despite US sanctions: IAEA

Iran has continued to implement all its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal it signed with major global powers even as the United States re-imposed fresh sanctions against Tehran, a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says.

According to the IAEA's report on Monday, Iran has been complying with the restrictions to its nuclear program laid down in the nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as of early November, Press TV reported.

Iran has kept its stock of low-enriched uranium and the level to which it refines uranium within the limits set by the JCPOA, the UN nuclear agency said in the report to its member states, obtained by Reuters.

"There is nothing that indicates that Iranian cooperation or the Iranian attitude has changed since the 5th of November," an unnamed senior diplomat added.

The quarterly report by the Vienna-based IAEA showed that Iran's reserve of low-enriched uranium remained well below the landmark nuclear deal's 202.8 kg limit at 149.4 kg.

Iran's stock of heavy water, a chemical used as a moderator in a type of nuclear reactor that can produce plutonium, was roughly unchanged at 122.8 tonnes.

The IAEA's report said Iran continued production but 1.7 tonnes were shipped abroad while 1.5 tonnes were used to make medical compounds.

As mentioned in the IAEA's two previous reports, the agency stressed the importance of "timely and proactive cooperation in providing such access" on Iran's part.

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