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Iran Urges IAEA to Uphold Professionalism, Impartiality

 

SHAFAQNA-In a meeting with the Acting Director General of IAEA Cornel Feruta in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to keep discharging its duties in an evenhanded and professional manner.

In the gathering, Iran’s top diplomat highlighted the country’s close cooperation with the IAEA, which has resulted in successive reports from the UN nuclear agency confirming the Islamic Republic’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), stressing the need for the continuation of cooperation at this juncture.

Zarif also called on the IAEA to observe the principles of professional work, maintain the confidentiality of activities, and keep doing its duties impartially.

The foreign minister also underscored that Iran’s decision to reduce commitments to the JCPOA in response to the EU’s failure to honor its undertakings was in conformity with the Article 36 of the nuclear deal, Tasnim reported.

Feruta, for his turn, underscored his agency’s efforts for building up confidence and observing professionalism besides preserving impartiality.

Feruta, said in a press conference today in Tehran that the IAEA is keenly interested in continuing its interactions with Iran.

“The IAEA, on the one hand, is in charge of verifying the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and on the other hand, is engaged in an active interaction with Iran for the implementation of the Additional Protocol and the comprehensive safeguards agreement,” Acting Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency, Cornel Feruta, said in a joint press conference with Iran’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, on Sunday in Tehran.

“The IAEA is keenly interested in continuing its interaction with Iran,” he stressed.

“We are ready to keep doing our job in a perfectly professional and impartial manner,” he added.

He went on to stress that the IAEA is an independent, impartial and professional body, and will not be influenced by pressures,according to mehrnews.

Feruta arrived in Tehran on Sunday morning and had separate meetings with Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi and Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani.

His visit to Iran came as the country announced its decision to go ahead with the third step of cutting commitments to the JCPOA on Friday.

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