Iran will send a delegation to Vienna to hold talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the UN nuclear watchdog’s investigation into traces of uranium at undeclared Iranian nuclear sites.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Iran will send the delegation “in the coming days in order to begin talks and strengthen cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.”
The IAEA opened its probe into the uranium traces years ago, and while there’s no proliferation risk, the nuclear watchdog won’t drop the case and hasn’t been satisfied with Iran’s explanations.
Iranian officials insist that they have explained the situation well enough, and some have suggested the evidence was planted by Israel. Amir-Abdollahian said he hopes the talks in Vienna will be able to settle the “accusations” brought against Iran.
The issue was brought up during negotiations between the US and Iran to revive the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, but those talks have been stalled since early September. Iranian officials had said that the JCPOA couldn’t be revived without the investigation being settled, but it wasn’t clear if that was a demand they made to the US.
President Biden’s special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, said this week that the US won’t “waste time” on JCPOA negotiations with Iran and threatened Washington would use military action against Iran as a “last resort.”
This is encouraging, although we’ll have to see if the politicized, Empire-controlled IAEA will accept any explanations other than Israel’s manufactured evidence. This issue of the uranium “traces” has dragged on long enough. Might as well clear the slate with the IAEA and the JCPOA, which has done nothing but tie Iran’s nuclear energy program down needlessly. The Iranians are still reliable NPT signatories: this should be the default consideration.
Busted! IAEA Biden bugger, Rafael Grossi, caught in flagrante.
Iran should declare an ultimatum to IAEA after this meeting if they insists the Israeli planted trace of uranium explanation is not satisfactory…!
IAEA will be communicated with by its master to conclude that Iran is close to a having a nuke. That will signal Israel to attack. The master will say to the MSM, “we told you so!”.