Iran says IAEA’s latest report unfair, does not reflect truth
Iran’s Foreign Ministry says that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s latest report on the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium is not fair and does not reflect the truth about the talks between Iran and the agency.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh made the remarks during a press conference on Tuesday, referring to a quarterly IAEA report that claimed Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium had grown to more than 18 times the limit agreed in the 2015 Iran deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The IAEA report, published on Monday, “estimated that, as of May 15, 2022, Iran’s total enriched stockpile was 3,809.3 kilograms.”
The limit in the 2015 deal was set at 300 kg of a specific compound, the equivalent of 202.8 kg of uranium.
Moreover, in a separate report published on the same day, the UN agency raised “questions on the origin of uranium particles found at three undeclared sites despite a fresh push for a breakthrough.”
Khatibzadeh said that after an agreement was reached between Tehran and the IAEA in March, Iran delivered technical responses and documents during several meetings with the agency and provided written answers to the questions raised by the IAEA.
The aforesaid report, Khatibzadeh added, is the one IAEA director General Rafael Grossi “announced hastily ahead of the UN’s body third visit to Tehran” under the current Iranian administration.
