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IAEA Cautions on Lack of Access to Iranian Nuclear Sites
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The IAEA said lack of information and access to facilities to verify Iran’s nuclear material is a proliferation concern. The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, said on August 26 that the IAEA “cannot seek to inspect these centres until it develops specific criteria and protocols for inspecting sites targeted by military attacks”.
The US has claimed preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon – an ambition that Tehran continues to deny – as the motivation for the war that it launched in March. However, access to the nuclear sites that have been bombed has not yet been granted.
However, Iran has said that access to the sites that have been struck by military action must be arranged via special arrangement. However, the IAEA, whose latest report will be discussed at its board of governors meeting from September 21-25, has reported in the past that the level of Iran’s enrichment of its uranium reserves is well above that needed for civilian purposes, although neither is it at the level of weapons grade.
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- The IAEA said lack of information and access to facilities to verify Iran’s nuclear material is a proliferation concern.
- The US has claimed preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon – an ambition that Tehran continues to deny – as the motivation for the war that it launched in March.
- However, Iran has said that access to the sites that have been struck by military action must be arranged via special arrangement.
- The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, said on August 26 that the IAEA “cannot seek to inspect these centres until it develops specific criteria and protocols for inspecting sites targeted by…
- However, access to the nuclear sites that have been bombed has not yet been granted.
- However, the IAEA, whose latest report will be discussed at its board of governors meeting from September 21-25, has reported in the past that the level of Iran’s enrichment of its uranium reserves is well above that…