U.N. atomic agency chief says Iran sticking to nuclear deal
Iran has kept to a nuclear deal it agreed with
six world powers last year limiting its stockpiles of substances that could be
used to make atomic weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) told French daily Le Monde, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Confirming the findings of a confidential
report by the U.N. agency seen by Reuters last month, IAEA Director-General
Yukiya Amano said Tehran had observed the deal which was opposed by hardliners
inside Iran and by skeptics in the West.
"The deal is being implemented since
January without any particular problem," he told Le Monde in an interview
published on Saturday.
"There was a small incident in February:
the stock of heavy water very slightly exceeded the limit set - 130 tonnes. But
we immediately signaled that to Iran which took all the necessary
measures," he said.
Under its July deal with the United States,
Russia, China, France, Britain ad Germany, Iran is allowed to have 130 tonnes
of heavy water, a moderator in reactors like the one it has disabled at Arak
and a chemical it produces itself.
The stock briefly reached 130.9 tonnes, the
agency reported in February.
"Apart from that, I can certify that
Tehran respects its commitments to the letter. The Iranians are doing what they
promised the international community," Amano said.
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