Iran’s nuclear deal needed to be revived under U.S. President Joe Biden’s strike on a new agreement outlining how Iran’s breach should be reversed, said DA atomic watchdog leader Rafael Grossi.
Biden, who will take up the post on Jan. 20, said the United States will go back with the treaty “if Iran begins to strictly abide” by the agreement that put tight loops on its nuclear activities as a reward for lifting sanctions.
Iranian Atomic Energy Agency President Ali-Akbar Salehi and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi
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After President Donald Trump relinquished the treaty and reinstated U.S. sanctions, Iran responded by violating many of the treaty’s restrictions. Tehran says it could quickly reverse these measures if Washington lifts its sanctions.
In an interview with Reuters, Grossi, who heads the International Atomic Energy Agency that police Iran’s surrender, said too many breaches had been made for the agreement just to carve back its place .
US President Joe Biden was elected
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“I can’t think they’re going to say,‘ We’re back to square one ’because square one is no longer there,” Grossi said at IAEA headquarters.
“Clearly there will be a protocol or agreement or understanding or supporting document that clearly sets out what we will do,” he said.
“There is more (nuclear) material, … there is more activity, there are more centrifuges, and more are being named. So what happens to everything? This is the question for them at the level. political decision. “
Iran’s uranium-rich stock is more than 2.4 tons, 12 times the cap set by the agreement, although it is still far below Iran’s more than eight tons before it signed. Iran has enriched uranium up to 4.5% purity, above the 3.67% limit of the treaty although it was lower than the 20% it achieved before the agreement.
Members of the Security Council will vote at UN headquarters on the famous nuclear deal between Iran and the six world powers
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Iran is enriching uranium in places where it is not allowed under the agreement, such as at Fordow, a site that was dug into a mountain. It has recently begun enriching with advanced centrifuges at their underground plant at Natanz, where the agreement states that it can only use first-generation IR-1 devices.
“What I see is that we are moving a full circle back to December 2015,” Grossi said, referring to the month before the contract’s restrictions were applied, after which many quick removal of materials and equipment.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit one of the country’s nuclear facilities
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“If they want to do it (compliance), they could do it very quickly. But for all of that we had a scheduled course,” he said.