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As both Washington and Tehran inch toward a return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal, the spotlight will soon turn to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to resolve an investigation into Iran’s past nuclear weapons research.
Iran’s position on the investigation is "nothing to see here" and Tehran wants the file closed and detached from the JCPOA. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told CNN this week that “so far, Iran has not given us the technically credible explanations that we need to explain the origin of many traces of uranium.” In other words, the investigation will continue.
For Iran, there is precedent in separating the files. In 2015, the IAEA resolved an eerily similar concern into the past military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program, allowing implementation of the JCPOA to proceed.
