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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has called for the Iranian government to reconsider the decision which affects the planning and conducting of nuclear safeguards verification activities.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Iran-withdraws-further-IAEA-inspector-designations
A new assessment released by US intelligence concludes that Iran is boosting its nuclear capabilities but is not pursuing the development of nuclear weapons. According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s assessment, Iran has “undertaken research and development activities that would bring it closer to producing the fissile material needed” to produce a nuclear weapon. However, despite accelerating its nuclear programme since 2020, it is still not yet capable of producing a weapon. “Iran is not currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons-development activities that would be necessary to produce a testable nuclear device,” the assessment notes.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 15 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-intelligence-says-iran-is-not-developing-nuclear-weapons-11007110
The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) has rebutted media reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Tehran had agreed to reinstall 10 monitoring cameras at the Natanz nuclear complex in central Iran. AEOI spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said the reactivation of IAEA cameras had taken place at a nuclear plant in Isfahan, which he defined as a “centrifuge manufacturing facility”. He said that Natanz had been incorrectly identified by various media sources as the site.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 22 June 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-says-no-iaea-cameras-are-operating-at-its-natanz-facility-10954950
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has reminded the Agency at a recent Board of Governors’ (BOG’s) meeting that the IAEA has not been able to perform JCPOA verification and monitoring activities in Iran in relation to the production and inventory of centrifuges, rotors and bellows, heavy water and uranium ore concentrate for two and one quarter years, including the period after June 2022 when no surveillance and monitoring equipment was installed and operating.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgrossi-reports-to-iaea-board-on-progress-in-iran-10940395
Iran has resolved two outstanding inquiries from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) related to the presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) particles at several sites. The confidential quarterly report by the IAEA, which is routinely leaked to the press, said inspectors no longer had questions on uranium particles found to be enriched to 83.7% at its underground Fordow facility. This had resulted in tension for the past several months although some resolution was achieved in March following a visit to Tehran by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. Iran had insisted at that time that those particles were a by-product of its current enrichment as particles can reach higher enrichment levels in fluctuations. “The agency informed Iran that, following its evaluation of the data, the agency had assessed that the information provided was not inconsistent with Iran’s explanation ... and that the agency had no further questions on this matter at this stage,” the report said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-resolves-some-outstanding-issues-with-iran-10918237
Iran has agreed to enhanced cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as it carries out its verification and monitoring activities, including the reinstallation of monitoring cameras, following a visit by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi to the Islamic Republic.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 07 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Iran,-IAEA-in-monitoring-breakthrough
The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, says inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are visiting Iran’s nuclear facilities and that the recent points of ambiguity either have been, or are being, resolved. He told reporters that those ambiguities were caused by the incorrect interpretation of an IAEA inspector, who visited earlier, over an alleged undeclared change to uranium enriching equipment at Fordow.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-says-disputed-issues-with-iaea-are-being-resolved-10619833
Iran’s capacity to enrich uranium has doubled since Iran began its nuclear development programme, the Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami has told a recent meeting of Iranian lawmakers. Eslami praised parliament for passing the “Strategic Action Plan to Lift Sanctions and Protect Iranian Nation’s Interests” in December 2020, saying the law had contributed to the development of Iran’s nuclear industry.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-welcomes-increase-in-uranium-enrichment-capacity-10451635
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AOEI) said "construction" of a 300 MWe domestically designed pressurised water reactor (PWR) at a site near the Karun river was launched by the organisation's head, Mohammad Eslami, on 3 December.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Iran-marks-start-of-work-for-Darkhovin-plant
EU Foreign Policy Chief Josef Borrell said during a recent visit to Tehran that the Vienna talks will resume with the aim of reinstating the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). He made the comments at a joint press conference following talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. Under the JCPOA between Iran the P5+1 group of countries (the USA, UK, France, Russia, and China plus Germany) Iran agreed to limit its nuclear development in return for the lifting of sanctions. After former US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal and reimposed sanctions in 2018, Iran began to gradually roll back on the restrictions imposed by the JCPOA after the European parties to the agreement failed to put any measures in place to mitigate those sanctions.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-talks-set-to-resume-9802344