Russia hopes that Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will find ways to ensure monitoring at all facilities to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Russia’s Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based international organizations Mikhail Ulyanov said on Wednesday, Tass reports.
"Of principal importance is the continuation of the IAEA monitoring at Iranian nuclear infrastructure facilities that are critically important from the point of view of the JCPOA restoration. As long as the director general confirms the possibility of restoring the integrity of knowledge about that, the participants in the talks will work in relatively comfortable conditions. Naturally, this conclusion of the director general should cover all corresponding facilities, including the facility for the production of centrifuge components at Karaj," he said at session of the IAEA Board following IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi’s visit to Tehran. "We hope that Iran and the agency will be able to find mutually acceptable variants to continue monitoring works at Karaj in the interests of the JCPOA."
In February 2021, Iran agreed to allow the IAEA to install video surveillance cameras, including at Karaj. However, the facility has partially destroyed in an attack on it and IAEA equipment was damaged. "We categorically condemn such irresponsible acts against nuclear infrastructure facilities and the agency’s property. We understand the Iranian side’s demand for a thorough investigation of the incident," the Russian diplomat stressed.
He recalled that Russian insists that there are no alternatives to the Iran nuclear deal in its original variant in the interests of peace and stability in the region and the promotion of the non-proliferation regime. Moscow, in his words, welcomes the resumption of the Vienna talks on the JCPOA restoration planned for November 29. "We are determined to continue cooperation in the Vienna format involving all the JCPOA signatory nations and US rfepresentatives," Ulyanov added.