Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi announced that “Iran has informed us that it will remove all additional equipment that was installed in the 2015 nuclear deal”, saying: “Today we will publish a report on Iran’s decision. remove surveillance cameras from nuclear facilities” and explaining, “I informed the Board of Governors of the Agency about the removal of cameras by Iran”, and stated that “surveillance cameras were placed in places to monitor centrifuges at Iran’s nuclear facilities.”

During a statement from Vienna, he pointed out that “the chances of restoring continuous monitoring of Iran’s nuclear activities are very small”, showing that “the current situation regarding the nuclear agreement with Iran is still tense, and we continue our efforts to work out solutions with the Iranian side.”

Grossi also urged “Iran to take part in the discussion of what can be done to prevent the current situation from worsening” and added: “If the Iranians want to meet with me, I am ready to go to them to discuss the development of the current situation.” .”

And the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced yesterday that “the operation of surveillance cameras at one of Iran’s nuclear facilities will be stopped from today,” indicating that “the stopped cameras are not part of Iran’s obligations under the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement.”

“Until now, the IAEA has not only highly appreciated the broad cooperation of Iran, but also considered it its duty. To date, the relevant officials have been ordered to separate the OLEM ground measurement cameras and the agency’s flow meter,” the organization said in a statement. That “80 per cent of the Agency’s cameras continue to operate at Iran’s nuclear facilities.”