{"id":235779,"date":"2021-03-03T11:10:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=235779"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:08:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:08:35","slug":"iranian-opposition-reveals-new-information-related-to-iaeas-latest-nuclear-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/iranian-opposition-reveals-new-information-related-to-iaeas-latest-nuclear-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Opposition Reveals New Information Related To IAEA\u2019s Latest Nuclear Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Tuesday, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a press conference<\/a> to elaborate upon the latest disclosures from the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding undeclared prior nuclear activities in Iran.<\/p>\n

On February 23, the IAEA issued its first report on presence of uranium particles at two sites that had not been previously identified as locations for nuclear enrichment or related activities. At the same time, the agency called attention to the persistent absence of a satisfying explanation for the earlier discovery of similar particles at a third undeclared site. On Monday, the agency\u2019s Executive Director Rafael Grossi spoke before a meeting of the 35-member Board of Governors and expressed \u201cdeep concern\u201d over the findings in the latest report, the publication of which closely coincided with Iran\u2019s decision to withdraw from the Additional Protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.<\/p>\n

The Additional Protocol stipulated that IAEA inspectors would have access to suspect sites on short notice in the country where it was implemented. By reversing that implementation, the Iranian regime has potentially hampered monitoring efforts that critics of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal believed were already inadequate.<\/p>\n

The host of Tuesday\u2019s press conference, NCRI Foreign Affairs Committee member Ali Safavi, pointed to remarks that the NCRI\u2019s President-elect Maryam Rajavi<\/a> had delivered in July 2015, when those negotiations were drawing to a close. \u201cTotal implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions, in particular total halt of enrichment, accepting the Additional Protocol, and free and unhindered access of the IAEA inspectors to all suspected centers and facilities, are necessary in order for the regime to give up its drive to acquire nuclear weapons,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi said while criticizing the emerging agreement for falling far short of this.<\/p>\n

A key complaint about the content of the JCPOA was the inherent limits it placed on access for international inspectors. The IAEA\u2019s privilege of snap inspections applied only to previously disclosed sites, thus excluding the three that the agency identified in its latest report as having been active years ago. Asked whether the NCRI\u2019s information pointed to those sites being associated with currently-ongoing nuclear activity, Safavi emphasized that Iran\u2019s longstanding efforts to conceal those sites are evidence that the regime has something significant to hide and should not have been trusted when negotiating the limits of access.<\/p>\n

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Online Conference: New Information About Iran Regime\u2019s Abadeh Nuclear Site - March 2021<\/div><\/div>
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