International Atomic Energy Agency: agreement with Iran to "buy time" for diplomacy

Original title: International Atomic Energy Agency: agreement with Iran to "buy time" for diplomacy
International Atomic Energy Agency: agreement with Iran to "buy time" for diplomacy
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International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi reached a new agreement with the Iranian government on the 12th to allow experts to Iran to replace the memory card of the monitoring equipment installed by the International Atomic Energy Agency in Iran's nuclear facilities.
After concluding his visit to Iran, Grossi said that the new agreement was only an "expedient measure", but it bought time for diplomatic efforts.
[solve urgent problems]
Grossi said that the new agreement with Iran means that the International Atomic Energy Agency "will be able to preserve information to continue to understand Iran's nuclear program".
Grossi met with Mohammed Islam, chairman of Iran's atomic energy organization, in Tehran, the capital of Iran, on December 12. The two sides issued a joint statement after the meeting, announcing that Iran would allow IAEA experts to overhaul the monitoring equipment installed in Iran's nuclear facilities and install new memory cards to continue recording. The memory card will be sealed in Iran as usual.
"We have successfully solved the most urgent problem, that is, we may lose our understanding of the situation immediately. Now we have a solution," Grossi said
In February this year, in response to the US government's refusal to lift sanctions against Iran, Iran suspended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency in the inspection of its nuclear facilities and restricted the International Atomic Energy Agency from accessing surveillance videos. However, Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency subsequently reached a temporary technical agreement, and the surveillance cameras installed at Iran's nuclear facilities can continue to operate until the agreement expires on June 24.
Grossi said he had been invited to visit Iran again "soon".
[just an expedient]
After returning to Vienna, the Austrian capital where the International Atomic Energy Agency is located, Grossi told reporters that the new agreement "is not a permanent agreement, nor can it be a permanent agreement. In my opinion, this is only an expedient measure, a way to buy time for diplomacy".
Grossi said that the new agreement makes it possible for the IAEA to extract data and information in the future, but "completing the assembly of the puzzle" still depends on the agreement of relevant parties to the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue.
The US government unilaterally withdrew from the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue in 2015 and resumed and added sanctions against Iran. When the United States refused to return to the nuclear agreement, Iran gradually suspended the implementation of some provisions of the Iranian nuclear agreement, but promised that the measures taken were "reversible".
The parties to the Iranian nuclear agreement began holding talks in Vienna in April this year, hoping to promote the resumption of the implementation of the agreement between the United States and Iran. The talks have been held for six rounds and have been suspended since June. So far, Iran and the United States still have differences.
[still need diplomatic efforts]
The board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency is scheduled to meet this week. A diplomat in Vienna told Reuters that the conclusion of the new agreement makes it less likely for western countries to promote a resolution criticizing Iran at the meeting.
Henry Romer, an analyst at the Eurasian Group, a us think tank, said that Iran's concessions on verification were "very small", but almost enough to protect Iran from criticism at the above-mentioned meeting.
Mikhail ulyanov, permanent representative of Russia to the Vienna International Organization, wrote on social media twitter that although the new agreement only "involves the technical level", it is "very important" to help Iran "refute those groundless guesses". In his tweet, ulyanov called for the early resumption of the Vienna talks between the parties to the Iran nuclear agreement.
Enrique mora, the chief negotiator of the European Union and Deputy Secretary General of the foreign action agency, wrote on twitter that the new agreement "creates space for diplomatic efforts", and the key is for the parties to the Iran nuclear agreement to restart dialogue as soon as possible.
Reuters interpretation, Iran's dialogue with the International Atomic Energy Agency at this time aims to ease the confrontation with western countries. Agence France Presse commented that this move brings a glimmer of hope for the United States and Iran to return to the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue. 　　
Ali vaez, an expert on Iran of the international crisis research organization, said that the results of Grossi's visit to Iran "suggest that Iran is still willing to work hard to restart the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue". (end) (special feature of Xinhua News Agency)