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Iran Says Will Keep IAEA Cameras Off Until Nuclear Deal Is Restored

Monday, July 25, 2022 5:09 am | < 1 Minute Read
An inspector of the International Atomic Energy Agency sets up surveillance equipment, at the Uranium Conversion Facility of Iran, just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, in 2005. (AP Photo/Mehdi Ghasemi, ISNA, File)

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will keep the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s cameras turned off until a 2015 nuclear deal is restored, the head of the country’s Atomic Energy Organization said on Monday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

Iran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it had removed IAEA equipment, including 27 cameras installed under the 2015 pact, after the agency passed a resolution criticizing Tehran in June.

“We will not turn on the IAEA cameras until the other side returns to the nuclear deal,” Mohammad Eslami said.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani accused IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi of having “unprofessional, unfair and unconstructive views” on Tehran’s nuclear program.

He also added that Tehran hopes a return to the nuclear deal can be reached soon, should the United States show goodwill.

The 2015 nuclear pact imposed curbs on Iran’s nuclear activities in return for the lifting of international sanctions. Then-President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the deal in 2018, reimposing tough economic sanctions on Tehran.

Iran’s ruling clerics responded by breaching the pact’s nuclear restrictions.

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