The
UN's nuclear agency has reiterated that it has "no credible
indications of activities in Iran relevant to the development of a
nuclear explosive device after 2009," citing its assessments
from 2015.
In a
statement on Tuesday, a spokesman for the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) referred to the so-called possible military dimensions
(PMD) case in Iran’s nuclear program, saying that the agency's
Board of Governors had "declared that its consideration of
this issue was closed" after it was presented with a report
in December 2015.
The
IAEA’s Board of Governors voted overwhelmingly in December 2015,
months after a nuclear deal was signed between Iran and the P5+1
group of countries, in favor of a resolution that closed the PMD.
The IAEA
spokesman further said, "In line with standard IAEA practice,
the IAEA evaluates all [nuclear] safeguards-relevant information
available to it. However, it is not the practice of the IAEA to
publicly discuss issues related to any such information."
Iran and
the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council –
the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China – plus Germany
signed the nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), on July 14, 2015 and started
implementing it on January 16, 2016.
Under
the JCPOA, Iran undertook to put limits on its nuclear program in
exchange for the removal of nuclear-related sanctions imposed against
Tehran.
Since
the JCPOA Implementation Day, the IAEA has been monitoring Iran’s
compliance with its nuclear-related commitments under the nuclear
deal and has consistently verified the Islamic Republic’s
compliance.
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