Negotiations on a nuclear deal with Iran have been stalled since March. Now the country has resorted to drastic measures, collecting and sealing the cameras used to monitor its nuclear program. Iran’s Fars news agency reported this on Tuesday, citing Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency.
Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammed Eslami had already stressed on Monday that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) surveillance cameras, which had been shut down a few weeks ago, would not be activated again until a new nuclear deal with Iran was struck.
Already 27 cameras disabled in June
According to an IAEA resolution, Iran had disabled 27 surveillance cameras in several nuclear facilities by June and announced the operation of further centrifuges for uranium enrichment. The International Atomic Energy Agency warned that Iran will only need a few weeks to produce starting material for an atomic bomb. Tehran has repeatedly stressed that nuclear technology should only be used for peaceful purposes.
Negotiations to renew the 2015 agreement between Iran and the other contracting parties – China, Germany, France, Britain, Russia and the US – have stalled since March. The background would be differences between the leadership in Tehran and the US government over the status of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The United States classifies them as a terrorist organization.
The United States unilaterally withdrew from the agreement
The agreement is intended to significantly limit the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. In return, the prospect of lifting the sanctions. The United States unilaterally withdrew from the accord under then-President Donald Trump in 2018 and imposed new sanctions on Iran. US President Joe Biden is trying to revive the agreement.
Source: Krone
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