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IAEA / GROSSI IRAN
STORY: IAEA / GROSSI IRAN
TRT: 2:13
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 15 JUNE 2020, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
1. Wide shot, meeting of the Board
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“Iran announced in January that its nuclear programme would no longer – and I quote – “be subject to any restrictions in the operational sphere” and that Iran would continue to cooperate with the Agency “as in the past”. To date, the Agency has not observed any changes to Iran’s implementation of its nuclear-related commitments in connection with this particular announcement, or in the level of cooperation by Iran in relation to Agency verification and monitoring activities under the JCPOA. The Agency continues to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran under its Safeguards Agreement. Evaluations regarding the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities for Iran continue.”
3. Wide shot, meeting of the Board
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“I note with serious concern that, after for over four months, Iran has denied us access to two locations and that, for almost a year, it has not been engaged in substantive discussions to clarify our questions related to possible undeclared nuclear material and nuclear-related activities. This is adversely affecting the Agency’s ability to resolve the questions and to provide credible assurance of the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities at these locations in Iran.”
5. Wide shot, meeting of the Board
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“I call on Iran to cooperate immediately and fully with the Agency, including by providing prompt access to the locations specified by us.”
7. Wide shot, meeting of the Board
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi briefed the Agency’s Board of Governors on nuclear verification and monitoring in Iran and called on the Islamic Republic to cooperate immediately and fully with the IAEA, including by providing prompt access to the locations specified by the Agency.
Grossi presented two reports on Iran; one titled “Verification and monitoring in the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of United Nations Security Council resolution 2231” covering relevant activities of the Agency in the last few months and the “NPT Safeguards Agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” which described the Agency’s efforts to clarify questions relating to the correctness and completeness of Iran’s declarations under its Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol.
“Iran announced in January that its nuclear programme would no longer be – quote –“subject to any restrictions in the operational sphere” and that Iran would continue to cooperate with the Agency “as in the past”, said Grossi. “To date, the Agency has not observed any changes to Iran’s implementation of its nuclear-related commitments in connection with this particular announcement, or in the level of cooperation by Iran in relation to Agency verification and monitoring activities under the JCPOA,” he added.
He also said that “the Agency continues to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran under its Safeguards Agreement. Evaluations regarding the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities for Iran continue.”
Director General noted “with serious concern that, for over four months, Iran has denied us access to two locations and that, for almost a year, it has not engaged in substantive discussions to clarify our questions related to possible undeclared nuclear material and nuclear-related activities. This is adversely affecting the Agency’s ability to resolve the questions and to provide credible assurance of the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities at these locations in Iran.”
Grossi said “I call on Iran to cooperate immediately and fully with the Agency, including by providing prompt access to the locations specified by us.”
The Director General also announced the the IAEA Zoonotic Disease Integrated Action (ZODIAC) project. This will establish a global network of national diagnostic laboratories that can conduct coordinated monitoring, surveillance, early detection and control of zoonotic diseases, using nuclear or nuclear-derived techniques.
The Board, which meets five times a year at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, is one of the Agency’s main policy-making bodies.
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