Iran plans to call for a meeting of major world powers to address the U.S. policy toward Iran’s nuclear deal, Tehran Times daily reported on Monday.
Iran is considering to call for a meeting of the foreign ministers of six major world powers to address the U.S. administration’s policy toward Iran’s international nuclear deal, Tehran Times daily quoted Iran’s atomic chief as saying.
“Our foreign minister is likely to take action over convening a meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran and P5+1 group, namely, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany,” said Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly summit in New York, to be held on Sept. 12-25.
The foreign minister recently wrote a letter to the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union foreign policy chief, to indicate “the harassing acts of Americans” vis-a-vis the nuclear deal, Salehi said.
On Thursday, Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, urged the IAEA to use all the authorities to monitor Iran’s nuclear program, including Iran’s military sites.
Iran has declared that they will not allow access to military sites.
On Wednesday, the Washington Post said Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, complained to IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano that Haley’s recent visit to the IAEA headquarters in Vienna was intended to sow doubt about the nuclear agreement.
On Sunday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Bahram Qasemi, also emphasized that the IAEA inspections in Iran would be carried out only within the framework of the country’s policies.
After years of tension with the West, Iran struck a deal with the five world powers in July 2015 on a comprehensive deal, under which Iran agreed to limit its uranium-enrichment activities in return for the lifting of western and international sanctions.
The IAEA is responsible for the verification of Iran’s compliance with the agreement through regular access to all Iranian nuclear facilities.
The international agreement is facing serious threats of collapse as tensions mounted between Washington and Tehran recently.
