Iran has denied claims that the agreement between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) includes access to individuals in Iranian atomic facilities.
The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Behrouza Kamalvandi,
said during IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi’s 2-day stay in Iran, there was no talk of access to individuals.
He stressed that the agreement between Tehran and the UN atomic body is in total agreement with the Iranian parliament’s Strategic Action Law, which prohibits any move that would compromise Iran’s nuclear rights.
Kamalvandi also spoke about the 50% rise in inspections of Iran’s atomic installations. He said given that the 60% uranium enrichment started at Fordo facility and was also supposed to be increased to higher levels of purity, inspections had to be increased as well in line with the safeguards approach.
Therefore, he noted, the number of inspections was previously 8, which was raised to 11 given the increase in enrichment level.
Kamalvandi also denied reports that Iran has agreed to give the agency access to the sites where traces of undeclared nuclear activities were allegedly detected.
He said the IAEA itself did not call for accessing the purported site.
