Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed to extend by one month an understanding to keep inspections alive and continue momentum on the nuclear talks in Vienna this week.
Spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh said the agreement between Iran and the IAEA allows recording within the Additional Protocols but doesn’t give access to IAEA inspectors. Iran’s parliament had passed a bill called the Strategic Action to Remove Sanctions, which called on Iran to suspend cooperation with the IAEA. The bill was designed so that the United States would remove crippling sanctions on the Islamic Republic that were reapplied after former President Donald Trump exited the 2015 nuclear deal in 2018.
