Alwaght- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will not succumb to US pressure to inspect Iran's military installation.
“We’re not going to visit a military site like Parchin just to send a political signal,” Reuters cited an unnamed IAEA official as saying, referring to a military complex located 30 kilometers from the capital, Tehran.
The comments came after US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley met last week with IAEA officials in an attempt to push the UN nuclear watchdog into requesting inspections of Iranian military sites.
However, Iran slammed the trip, which came just ahead of the Agency’s new report on Tehran’s compliance with the deal, with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif describing it as an attempt to manipulate and press the IAEA.
The report comes a day after IAEA once again said Iran has lived up to its commitments under the 2015 nuclear agreement.
The United Nations nuclear agency confirmed Iran's compliance with the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in its latest quarterly report, the French news agency AFP said on Thursday.
According to the report, Iran’s stock of low-enriched uranium did not exceed the agreed limit of 300 kilograms while its stock of heavy water remained below the ceiling of 130 tonnes after the country exported 19.1 tonnes.
The Islamic Republic "has not pursued the construction of the Arak ... reactor" and has not enriched uranium above low purity levels, it added.
The report comes at a time that Washington has stepped up its rhetoric and actions against the JCPOA
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Tuesday said the Islamic Republic would never be bullied into permitting the inspection of its military sites, adding that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), too, will not give in to US demands over inspection of the country's military sites..
Recent media reports indicate that administration of US President Donald Trump is actively seeking a pretext to potentially withdraw from the JCPOA.
The IAEA has invariably verified Iran’s commitment to the deal, which took effect in January 2016.
It once again verified Iranian compliance in its latest report on Thursday.
The IAEA’s Board of Governors voted overwhelmingly in December 2015, months after the nuclear deal was signed, in favor of a resolution that closed the so-called possible military dimensions (PMD) case in Iran’s nuclear program.
