Iran promises UN nuclear watchdog

(RT) ⸻ Iran has assured the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it will restore access to some of its monitoring tools, including cameras and other equipment, and grant the nuclear watchdog further information and access to three of its nuclear facilities. Iran has also agreed to allow a 50% increase in inspections at its Fordo nuclear site, and to allow the IAEEA to implement further verification and monitoring activities. Grossi emphasized that these pledges are not words. Grossi's visit to the Islamic Republic came shortly after the IAEA distributed a confidential quarterly report on Iran's nuclear activities. According to multiple media outlets, the UN watchdog had found uranium particles enriched up to 83.7% at Iran's underground Fordo nuclear site. However, Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), dismissed them as "slander and a distortion of the facts." Iran agreed to impose restrictions on its nuclear industry, including enrichment activities, under a 2015 deal with world powers. However, Iran eventually started reneging on its commitments and announced it was enriching uranium to 60% purity at its Natanz facility in 2021 and at the Fordo site in 2022. The nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was touted as a way to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.