Iran IAEA envoy denounces IAEA adoption of anti-Iran resolution
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Iran's delegate to the IAEA denounces the agency's adoption of the anti-Iran resolution drafted by the US and the European troika.
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Iran's envoy to the IAEA, Mohammad Reza Ghaebi
Iran's delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohammad Reza Ghaebi, strongly condemned on Wednesday the decision made by the agency's Board of Governors to adopt the resolution drafted by the US and the E3 that demands more "transparency and cooperation" from Iran.
The IAEA adopted the US-E3-sponsored resolution earlier today, criticizing Iran for "not cooperating".
Iran's delegation said that it will pursue the appropriate measures in response, noting that Iran has the right to reconsider its policy and behavior towards the agency, stressing that this resolution adopted by the IAEA is a heavy blow to the agency's credibility.
Ghaebi asserted that this resolution only serves unjust political goals by some of the members and that the allegations present in the Director-General's report on the locations in question in Iran are based on lies propagated by "Israel".
To call on Iran to cooperate after this resolution, Ghaebi said, is a desperate and meaningless step. He further warned that this resolution does not encourage Iran to enhance its cooperation with it.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) released a statement on Wednesday, wherein it announced that Tehran has made the decision to remove two of the IAEA's cameras from a nuclear facility.
The cameras were stopped as they were not part of Iran's commitment to the comprehensive Safeguards agreement.
The Iranian organization's spokesperson Behrouz Kamalvandi, said all beyond-Safeguards cameras recording data in Iran's nuclear sites were turned off “In accordance with the Strategic Law on the Lifting of Sanctions approved by the Majlis (Parliament)."
Kamalvandi further added that "Iran cannot be cooperative while the Agency displays unreasonable behavior. We hope the Agency will come to its senses and respond with cooperation with Iran."
Iran submitted a new JCPOA proposal
Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said on Wednesday that Tehran two days ago submitted a new proposal to the US to revive the JCPOA.
"We presented an innovative new political package two days ago and explicitly told the other side [the United States] that they could choose one of two proposals [the one discussed in Vienna or the new one]. We prefer the diplomatic and political path," Abdollahian was quoted as saying by the Iranian news agency ISNA.
The top diplomat did not specify the contents of the new proposal.
