Grossi says offered Iran proposal for continued cooperation

Speaking in a joint press conference in the Iranian city of Isfahan along with Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the UN nuclear watchdog chief said that Iran and the IAEA need to take practical steps to continue the cooperation, adding that he had offered Tehran a proposal for continuation of cooperation.

Referring to the Joint Statement signed between the IAEA and the AEOI on March 4, 2023, Grossi said that the Agency does not seek a new document and it is going to work on the March statement. He added that the Joint Statement has the potential to resolve the remaining issues.

He added that Iran and the Agency have agreed on taking concrete and operational steps to implement the Joint Statement.

Later in his remarks, the IAEA chief ruled out that the Agency was influenced by the Israeli regime and Western countries’ pressures in dealing with the Iranian nuclear program.

Grossi further asserted that the IAEA will work towards cooperation to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or any other document that Iran is willing to.

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