Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian (right) shakes hands with the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (left) before their meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Nov 23, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
VIENNA – The International Atomic Energy Agency will soon install new surveillance cameras at Iran's Karaj nuclear facility under an agreement between the two sides, the international nuclear energy watchdog said on Wednesday.
According to an IAEA press release, the cameras to be installed in the coming days will replace those that were removed from the Karaj centrifuge component manufacturing workshop earlier this year
The agreement was concluded by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and the Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami.
According to an IAEA press release, the cameras, to be installed in the coming days, will replace those that were removed from the Karaj centrifuge component manufacturing workshop earlier this year.
The agency and Iran will also "continue to work on remaining outstanding safeguards issues with the aim of resolving them," it added.
Photo taken on Dec 3, 2021 shows a meeting of the Joint Commission on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in Vienna, Austria. The meeting was about talks on the nuclear issue of Iran. (EU DELEGATION IN VIENNA / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA)
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The agreement with Iran is an important development for the IAEA's verification and monitoring activities in the country, Grossi said. "It will enable us to resume necessary continuity of knowledge at this facility."
"I sincerely hope that we can continue our constructive discussions to also address and resolve all outstanding safeguards issues in Iran," he added.
To this end, Iran and the agency will exchange information and assessments, including through meetings of experts.
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On Dec 19, the agency will make available a sample camera and related technical information to Iran for analysis by its relevant security and judiciary officials in the presence of the IAEA inspectors.
Workers walk at the construction site of the second phase of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Bushehr, southern Iran, on Nov 10, 2019. (AHMAD HALABISAZ / XINHUA)
The agency will also reinstall cameras to replace those removed from the workshop at Karaj and perform other related technical activities before the end of this year on a mutually agreed date.