Grossi’s Negative Report
Grossi’s Negative Report According to Iran Gate, Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in his opening remarks at the IAEA Board of Governors’ quarterly meeting, which started a few days ago and continues until today, Friday, made claims about Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.
Referring to his quarterly report on Iran’s nuclear program, Grossi said that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium at 20% and 60% purity continues to increase, and Iran has increased the number of cascades it uses for producing UF6. It has been three and a half years since Iran stopped implementing its nuclear commitments under the JCPOA, including the implementation of the Additional Protocol, and therefore, three and a half years since the IAEA had complementary access in Iran.
The Director General claimed that no progress has been made in resolving the remaining safeguard issues between the IAEA and Iran under the NPT agreement. The IAEA has lost its oversight of the production of centrifuges, their inventory, rotors, bellows, heavy water, and uranium ore concentrate in Iran. Iran says it has declared all necessary nuclear materials, activities, and sites under the NPT agreement with the IAEA.
He continued, saying that Iran, which has announced the suspension of implementing Modified Code 3.1, still does not fulfill this legal obligation. These remaining safeguard issues stem from Iran’s commitments under the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and must be resolved for the IAEA to ensure that Iran’s nuclear program is exclusively peaceful.
The Director General also mentioned the implementation of the joint statement between the IAEA and Iran, stating that no progress has been made in the past 15 months regarding the implementation of the March 4, 2023 joint statement. I urge Iran to implement the joint statement by seriously applying the specific proposals of the IAEA’s joint statement.
Regarding interaction with Masoud Pezeshkian, the new President of Iran, he said that after the elections in Iran, I exchanged messages with President Pezeshkian and expressed my readiness to meet with him in Tehran to resume talks and cooperation between the IAEA and Iran. He agreed that we should meet at an appropriate time.
Grossi requested that this meeting take place as soon as possible, saying, I urge Iran to arrange this meeting in the near future so that we can have constructive talks that swiftly lead to tangible results.
Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, stated in his weekly press conference yesterday, in response to the question of whether Tehran has responded to the statements of Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, regarding the need to increase pressure on Iran, said, We have responded to Mr. Grossi’s statements within the framework of the meetings held at the IAEA headquarters. Also, through diplomatic channels and from the Atomic Energy Organization, Iran’s positions against Mr. Grossi’s statements have been presented, and a clear and transparent response has been given, and Iran’s positions have been explained.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also responded to a question in this meeting about whether the fourteenth government has announced its readiness to hold negotiations to revive the JCPOA and whether Tehran has received such a willingness or signal from the JCPOA counterparties, saying, The positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the JCPOA are clear.
The JCPOA is a collective agreement, and all member countries of this agreement had commitments, and Iran was the only member that fulfilled its commitments.
Kanaani continued, The revival of this agreement is based on the return of the counterparties to their commitments within the framework of the JCPOA, and this agreement can only be revived when all parties return to their commitments.