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Iran urges IAEA’s impartiality by addressing noncompliance with JCPOA
“This international institution has to preserve its impartiality and adopt a professional behavior,” Mohammad Eslami said in Tehran on Wednesday following a weekly meeting of the Iranian cabinet, referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Press TV reported.
“It is not acceptable for an international institution to address just one aspect of the issue, in a provocative manner at that, and refuse to point to the main aspect, which is the obligated parties’ non-commitment,” he said.
The remarks came after Grossi told the Italian news agency ANSA that Iran had “developed much stronger capabilities” regarding various aspects of its nuclear energy program, alleging, “It (the Islamic Republic) has uranium at 60% — 90% is military grade.”
He went as far as to claim that the Islamic Republic “is thus practically at the same level as nuclear-armed states.”
Back in 2018, the Islamic Republic resorted to a number of legitimately retaliatory measures in line with its entitlement under its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers.
The steps came in response to the United States’ unilateral and illegal withdrawal from the deal and its Western allies’ refusal to restore the deal to its former glory by bringing Washington back into the accord.