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IAEA comments avert nuclear deal: Iranian President 7/26/2022 5:55:09 PM Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a joint press briefing with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Saadabad Palace, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. photo: AP/ Vahid Salemi kurdsatnews Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said today, Tuesday, that the West created a crisis in the negotiations on the nuclear deal, after International Atomic Energy Agency issued a statement during the negotiations that Qatar hosted its last rounds last month. He added that Iran "did not leave the negotiating table," accusing the West of creating a crisis in these negotiations by issuing a decision in the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors during the negotiations. He also added that reaching a result from the negotiations aimed at reviving the nuclear agreement requires "the will of the other party above all," considering that Iran's position is "logical and rational." Raisi's statements come after the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi announced that the agency does not have enough information to prove that Iran is building an atomic bomb, but the efforts and the way Tehran works indicate that it is moving in this direction. "Our access is limited and we don't know what's going on with the Iranian nuclear program," Grossi said in an interview with CNN on Monday, explaining that "the truth is that Iran has closed some cameras, and we won't know what's going on until we have full access." Grossi did not give a clear answer to the questions about how close Iran is to the atomic bomb, and only said that Iran is moving towards 60% enrichment, adding that "this level is very close to 90% enrichment, with which is close to weapon-grade," according to the website. While stressing that "confidence cannot be built on words", Iran must allow the inspectors access, saying, "Iran's nuclear negotiations with the negotiating countries have reached a critical stage, and the scope of the agreement is becoming narrower and more difficult every day." These statements came after the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, announced that Tehran would not operate the cameras of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which it removed in June, until the 2015 nuclear agreement is revived, according to the semi-official Iranian "Tasnim" news agency on Monday. Iran had told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it had removed its equipment, including 27 cameras installed under the agreement, after the agency passed a resolution criticizing Tehran in June. Iran also announced that it will keep all IAEA cameras turned off until the 2015 nuclear deal is restored.

IAEA comments avert nuclear deal: Iranian President

7/26/2022 5:55:09 PM

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a joint press briefing with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Saadabad Palace, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

photo: AP/ Vahid Salemi

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said today, Tuesday, that the West created a crisis in the negotiations on the nuclear deal, after International Atomic Energy Agency issued a statement during the negotiations that Qatar hosted its last rounds last month.

He added that Iran "did not leave the negotiating table," accusing the West of creating a crisis in these negotiations by issuing a decision in the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors during the negotiations.

He also added that reaching a result from the negotiations aimed at reviving the nuclear agreement requires "the will of the other party above all," considering that Iran's position is "logical and rational."

Raisi's statements come after the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi announced that the agency does not have enough information to prove that Iran is building an atomic bomb, but the efforts and the way Tehran works indicate that it is moving in this direction.

"Our access is limited and we don't know what's going on with the Iranian nuclear program," Grossi said in an interview with CNN on Monday, explaining that "the truth is that Iran has closed some cameras, and we won't know what's going on until we have full access."

Grossi did not give a clear answer to the questions about how close Iran is to the atomic bomb, and only said that Iran is moving towards 60% enrichment, adding that "this level is very close to 90% enrichment, with which is close to weapon-grade," according to the website.

While stressing that "confidence cannot be built on words", Iran must allow the inspectors access, saying, "Iran's nuclear negotiations with the negotiating countries have reached a critical stage, and the scope of the agreement is becoming narrower and more difficult every day."

These statements came after the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, announced that Tehran would not operate the cameras of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which it removed in June, until the 2015 nuclear agreement is revived, according to the semi-official Iranian "Tasnim" news agency on Monday.

Iran had told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it had removed its equipment, including 27 cameras installed under the agreement, after the agency passed a resolution criticizing Tehran in June.

Iran also announced that it will keep all IAEA cameras turned off until the 2015 nuclear deal is restored.