Iran has announced the suspension of cooperation agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)signed in early August in Cairo, in response to the reestablishment of international sanctions against it two weeks ago.
“Under current conditions, and considering recent events, the Cairo agreement is suspended,” said the Iranian foreign ministerAbas Araki, past the maturity.
Araqchí explained that the pact signed on August 9 with the IAEA “has lost its practical validity” after the restoration, on September 28, of the IAEA sanctions. Him against Tehran, driven by France, Germany and the United Kingdom (E3).
The head of the iranian diplomacy has indicated that from now on any request from the IAEA, which belongs to the UN, to inspect Iran’s nuclear facilities is limited to the legal framework established by the Iranian Parliament and the decisions of the Supreme National Security Council of the country.
However, Araqchí has noted that relations with the IAEA are not completely interrupted, as some forms of cooperation benefit Iran, especially in technical areas such as operation of the Bushehr nuclear plant and the Tehran research reactor.
Araqchí has also highlighted that Tehran keeps open the possibility of reactivating the agreement “if fair proposals that guarantee the rights of the Iranian nation” to uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes, which he defined as a “red line”.
Iran signed the agreement Cairo with the international organization to resume its cooperation, suspended in June after the war of the 12 days with Israel and the Israeli-American attacks against their atomic facilities during the conflict.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has stressed that this agreement sought to establish a regulatory framework for the inspection of bombed infrastructureand has stressed that its application was conditional on the old resolutions adopted in the UN Security Council against Iran before the 2015 nuclear deal.
six resolutions passed between 2006 and 2010 against Iranreinstated on September 28, prohibit the country from uranium enrichment and ballistic activities, establish a arms embargo and the freezing of assets, and authorize inspections of Iranian planes and ships in international waters, in addition to imposing banking and financial limitations.
After its restoration, the foreign minister of Iran stated last week that the agreement with the IAEA “no longer has effectiveness or validity” and that “it cannot serve as a basis for cooperation,” for which he assured that Tehran would make new decisions