Closing Iran’s PMD Case Up to IAEA Board of Governors: Envoy
News ID: 929433 Service: Nuclear
November, 28, 2015 - 17:03
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi underlined that the IAEA’s Board of Governors, not
its director general, has the authority to close the so-called PMD (possible
military dimensions) case in Tehran’s nuclear program.

Speaking after the seasonal meeting of the Board of Governors in the
Austrian capital of Vienna, Najafi pointed to recent remarks by IAEA
Director General Yukiya Amano, saying that he has no power to close the PMD
case.

“I should say that basically, the director general only releases his report
(on Iran’s nuclear program) and the closure of the case is not in his
authority,” the diplomat said.

Amano is planned to release a report on the Iranian nuclear program,
including the PMD issue, next week, and the Agency’s Board of Governors will
review the report and make a final decision in a meeting on December 15.

"The report will not be black and white," Amano told a news conference on
Thursday when asked about the final assessment of PMD file which is due next
week.

"What I can now say is that this is an issue that cannot be answered by
'yes' and 'no'," Amano said.

Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and
Germany) reached a conclusion on a lasting nuclear agreement, the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), on July 14.

The IAEA has been given the role of verifying Iran’s commitments under the
lasting nuclear deal.

The JCPOA was officially adopted on October 18, and is going to take effect
within the next few weeks, after the IAEA releases its final report.