CAIRO (AP) – Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement on Tuesday to open a way to resume cooperation in Cairo.
The announcement followed a meeting between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatti, his Iranian counterpart Abbas Aragci and Director of the International Atomic Energy Bureau, Rafael Grossi.
The meeting came at a sensitive time as France, Germany and the UK began the process on August 28th Re-imulating sanctions against Iran About what they deemed Iran to violate a 2015 agreement aimed at preventing the development of nuclear weapons.
On July 2, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a law adopted by his country’s parliament, which halted all cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog. It followed a 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June, during which Israel and the United States struck Iran’s nuclear site.
The only site inspected by the IAEA since the war was the Bucher nuclear power plant, operated with technical assistance in Russia. Inspectors watched the fuel change procedure at the factory for two days starting August 27th.
IAEA inspectors have failed to verify Iran’s near bomb grade stockpile since the start of the war on June 13th.
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Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs I said last month That would make discussions between his country and the agency “technical” and “complicated.”
Their relationship worsened after a 12 Days of Air Force It was played out by Israel and the United States in June, bombing major nuclear facilities in Iran. The IAEA committee said on June 12 that Iran violated its non-proliferation obligations a day before Israeli airstrikes on Iran, which caused the war.
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