TEHRAN —
Iran said Monday that all measures it
has taken to roll back on its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal with
world powers are "reversible".
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"If the agreement is finalized in
Vienna tomorrow, all the measures carried out by Iran are technically
reversible," Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told
reporters.
Iran on June 8 said it had disconnected some
UN nuclear watchdog cameras monitoring its nuclear site.
The move came as a resolution was adopted by
the International Atomic Energy Agency's (
IAEA) Board of Governors censuring
the Islamic republic for its lack of cooperation.
IAEA chief
Rafael Grossi said on June 9 that
his agency had been informed that 27 cameras were being removed, leaving about
40 still in place.
He warned that the move could deal a
"fatal blow" to negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear accord,
stalled since March.
Iran meanwhile says the disconnected cameras
were not part of a safeguards agreement with the IAEA.
Iran "is fully honoring its commitments
under the safeguards agreement", Khatibzadeh said, adding that the country
has only "stopped some of the voluntary measures".
"All of the safeguard cameras of the
Islamic Republic of Iran are in place; all of the measures it has been
undertaking under the supervision of the IAEA are in place," he added.
The talks in the Austrian capital, which
began in April last year, aim to return the US to the nuclear deal, including
through the lifting of sanctions on Iran, and to ensure Tehran's full
compliance with its commitments under the agreement.
The deal known formally as the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for
curbs on its nuclear program to guarantee that it could not develop a nuclear
weapon -- something Tehran has always denied wanting to do.
But the US unilaterally withdrew from the
accord in 2018 and reimposed severe economic sanctions, prompting Iran to begin
rolling back on its own commitments.
Khatibzadeh said the on-off dialogue in
Vienna can yield results if the US "puts aside the delusion of using
leverage" and "accepts to fully meet its commitments under the JCPOA
and UN resolution 2231" which supports it.
"What we are focusing on is that this
agreement becomes operational and is signed, and this is possible if the US
changes its approach and manner," he added.
"Unfortunately the US is extending the
talks and wants to resolve some bilateral issues through the Vienna
negotiations, which is impossible."
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