Iran will halt JCPOA implementation if IAEA does not close ‘PMD’ file: Iran
official
PRESSTV (Iranian) Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:33AM
http://presstv.com/Detail/2015/11/26/439219/Iran-Araqchi-IAEA-Amano-JCPOA-PMD

A senior Iranian official has warned that the Islamic Republic will halt the
implementation of a nuclear agreement with the P5+1 if the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) does not fully close the file of the so-called
possible military dimensions (PMD) regarding Iran’s nuclear program.

Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday that the IAEA’s Director General
Yukiya Amano has decided to release a report on the Iranian nuclear program
on December 1, and the Agency’s Board of Governors will review the report
and make a final decision in a meeting on December 15.

Araqchi said the report by Amano should result in the closure of the PMD
issue.


“In case Yukiya Amano or the Board of Governors presents their report in
such a way that it does not meet the stipulated commitments, the Islamic
Republic of Iran will also stop [the implementation of] the JCPOA,” he said,
in reference to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the agreement
reached between Iran and the P5+1.

The IAEA has been tasked with the monitoring and verification of technical
issues under the JCPOA.

Earlier in October, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali
Khamenei said, in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani, that measures to
modify the Arak reactor and trade existing enriched uranium – parts of
commitments by Iran – would get underway only after the PMD file is closed
and a secure contract with enough guarantees is clinched.

In his Wednesday remarks, Araqchi, who is Iran’s deputy foreign minister for
legal and international affairs and in charge of a task force to oversee the
implementation of the JCPOA, emphasized that in order for Iran to implement
its end of the bargain, including carrying out planned changes in the Arak
heavy water reactor, the PMD issue has to be closed.

The Iranian official said that, throughout the negotiations with the P5+1,
Iran always held a skeptical view of its negotiating partners and was always
prepared for worst-case scenarios.

Iran and the P5+1 group – the US, Russia, the UK, France, China and
Germany – concluded the JCPOA in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on July 14.

On the same day, a roadmap for “the clarification of past and present
outstanding issues” regarding Iran’s nuclear program was signed by Amano and
Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi in the Austrian
capital.

Under the JCPOA, limits are put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange
for, among other things, the removal of all nuclear-related economic and
financial bans against the Islamic Republic.

Iran has repeatedly said it would abide by its commitments under the JCPOA,
while warning the other party against any non-compliance with their
obligations.

Meanwhile, during a Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in
Vienna on Thursday, Amano said the Agency “continues to verify the
non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran.”

Echoing Araqchi’s remarks, Amano said, “Next week, I expect to provide my
final assessment on all past and present outstanding issues” regarding the
Iranian nuclear program.