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IAEA: US under Biden needs a refreshing deal nuke deal with Iran

IAEA: US under Biden needs a refreshing deal nuke deal with Iran
posted onDecember 20, 2020
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US President-elect Joe Biden needs a new agreement with Iran setting out how the Tehran’s breaches should be reversed, UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said according to Reuters.

“I cannot imagine that they are going simply to say, ‘We are back to square one’ because square one is no longer there,” Grossi said at IAEA headquarters.

Newly elected US president, who takes office on Jan. 20, has said the United States will rejoin the deal “if Iran resumes strict compliance” with the agreement.

“It is clear that there will have to be a protocol or an agreement or an understanding or some ancillary document which will stipulate clearly what we do,” Grossi said.

“There is more (nuclear) material, ... there is more activity, there are more centrifuges, and more are being announced. So what happens with all this? This is the question for them at the political level to decide,” he said.

Iran has been constantly breaching its commitments under the deal, after President Donald Trump quit the deal and reimposed US sanctions.