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Eyes on Vienna following IAEA report on Iran
The Iran nuclear deal is in the midst of its latest near-death experience, following the release this week of two reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear program.
A quarterly report by the nuclear watchdog on Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) released this week shows that Iran has continued to expand its enrichment and stockpile of highly enriched uranium beyond the limits in the agreement.
A separate report this week calls out Iran for a lack of compliance in an ongoing investigation into uranium found at three undeclared sites. Because Iran has not engaged with the IAEA to resolve these issues, the agency “is not in a position to provide assurance that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful.”
