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Iran to reconsider cooperation with IAEA if EU pressure raise

Iran to reconsider cooperation with IAEA if EU pressure raise
posted onJanuary 19, 2020
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Speaker of Iranian Parliament, Ali Larijani said on Sunday that Tehran would review its cooperation with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if Europe pressure mounts.

“We state openly that if the European powers, for any reason, follow an unfair approach in using the dispute mechanism, we will seriously reconsider our cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency,” state TV quoted Larijani as saying.

France, Britain and Germany last week triggered a dispute mechanism under Tehran nuclear deal with world powers after Iran announced that it will abandon limits on enriching uranium.

Activating dispute mechanism by European powers officially accuses Iran of violating nuclear deal and could lead to re-imposing UN sanctions which were left after the deal in 2015.

Iran has gradually decreased its commitment to the nuclear since May 2018, when US president Donald Trump withdrew from the deal and imposed new rounds of sanctions on Tehran.