Iran has allowed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to “data storage media” and cameras, except for one that was destroyed in an attack on the Kraj complex.
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| A photo released by the Iranian presidential office on October 8, 2021, shows the Bushehr nuclear power plant (Photo: AFP / Iranian presidential office) |
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog, on Wednesday signed an agreement with Iran to replace surveillance cameras at a centrifuge workshop. Iran removed the cameras after a suspected attack on the facility.
According to the British news agency Reuters, Iran’s move is being seen as a step towards broader nuclear talks. Negotiations have resumed in Vienna to ensure Iran’s return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
Indirect talks between Iran and the United States have also stalled, but Washington has threatened to include Iran on the IAEA’s 35-nation board of governors if Tehran does not back down this month over its nuclear program. Ready to compete.
Experts and diplomats say any such confrontation could lead to a complete breakdown of the talks.
The IAEA said in a statement after the agreement was reached: “The agreement with Iran to replace the surveillance cameras at the Kraj nuclear facility is a significant step forward for the international agency to monitor Iran’s activities.”
The agency added: “This will enable us to resume the flow of necessary information on this installation. New cameras will be installed in the coming days
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| Modern Iranian centrifuges are on display in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on the occasion of National Atomic Energy Day (Photo: Reuters / Iranian presidential office) |
One of the IAEA’s four cameras at the Karaj complex’s workshop was destroyed in a major “sabotage” attack in June.
Iran blamed Israel for the attack. Iran then removed the remaining cameras and did not allow the IAEA to replace them
Iran has allowed the IAEA to view the camera and the “data storage media” containing the video, except for the camera that contained the footage of the damaged camera.
The IAEA and Western powers have demanded access to the camera’s data from Iran, but Wednesday’s agreement made no mention of the missing footage.
The less information there is about the debt, the greater the concern in the Western world, as there will be ambiguity over the disappearance of secret centrifuges, uranium enrichment machines from Iran.
A senior diplomat said last month that the IAEA did not know whether the loan installation was operational. According to the French news agency AFP, by Wednesday, Iran had rejected the IAEA’s request to replace the cameras.
Negotiations resumed in Vienna last Thursday in an effort to restore the nuclear deal, under which Iran promised to reduce its nuclear capabilities under IAEA supervision in exchange for easing sanctions.
On Monday, diplomats from Britain, France, and Germany said “real talks” were about to begin
