IAEA Chief: Iran to Implement Additional Transparency Measures
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano said Iran’s additional transparency measures will help his agency get better understanding of the country’s nuclear program.
Addressing the Fifty-Ninth Regular Session of IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, Amano briefed participants on his measures to undertake the verification and monitoring of Iran’s nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed by Tehran and the E3/EU+3 countries (Russia, China, the US, France, Britain and Germany).
“As stated in the JCPOA, Iran will implement the Additional Protocol. This will give the Agency greater access to information and to sites in Iran. Implementation of the Additional Protocol is an essential prerequisite for the Agency to be able to provide, in due course, credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran,” he said.
“Iran has also agreed under the JCPOA to implement additional transparency measures, which will help the Agency to have a better understanding of Iran’s nuclear program.”
The IAEA’s chief also said that the costs of the Agency’s work in monitoring and verifying Iran’s nuclear-related commitments under the JCPOA will need to be addressed “both through the Regular Budget and extrabudgetary contributions, in the coming years.”
As regards a Road-map signed between Iran and the Agency for the clarification of past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program by the end of this year, he stated, “As agreed in the Road-map, Iran provided the Agency with explanations in writing, and related documents, for the clarification of the outstanding issues. We reviewed this information and submitted our questions to Iran last week.”