Iran Press/Iran News: Following the publication of the Director General's reports to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Office and other international organizations based in Vienna announced their opinions and considerations in the form of an explanatory note.
Following the United States’ unlawful withdrawal from the JCPOA in May 2018 and the failure of the E3/EU to fulfill their commitments, in exercising its rights under paragraphs 26 and 36 of the JCPOA, Iran ceased all voluntary transparency
The separation of issues divided under two different reports has not been duly respected. Some JCPOA-related matters have been repeated in the NPT Safeguards report and vice versa, some NPT Safeguards-related matters can be seen in the JCPOA report. As an example, verification and monitoring activities related to the manufacture of centrifuges rotor tubes and bellows, which are defined in the scope of JCPOA, should not be reported under the NPT Safeguards Agreement Agenda Item.
Iran voluntarily granted access and provided information and clarification to the Agency on these locations. This was despite the Agency did not present authentic documents to Iran concerning its claim on "undeclared nuclear material and nuclear-related activities", and Iran was and is not obliged to consider unauthentic and fabricated documents as Safeguards-related information and to respond to the Agency's requests; however, unfortunately, the Agency considers all fabricated
The Islamic Republic of Iran has so far rendered its full cooperation under the CSA to the Agency. It has to be re-emphasized that all of Iran's nuclear material and activities have been completely declared and verified by the Agency.
The Islamic Republic of Iran rightfully expects that the Agency conducts its reporting on verification activities in Iran based on the principles of impartiality, professionalism, and objectivity.
It has to be re-emphasized that all of Iran's nuclear material and activities have been completely declared to the Agency and have gone through a very robust verification system. Although the Islamic Republic of Iran is not obligated to respond to the Agency's questions based on fabricated and unauthentic documents, voluntarily and cooperatively, Iran provided all necessary information and supporting documents and granted access requested by the Agency.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, once again, stresses the importance and value of cooperation extended to the Agency. Short-sighted political interests should not undermine this constructive cooperation. Accordingly, the Agency has the responsibility to show wisdom in diligently addressing such issues to avoid distorting the bigger picture of cooperation between Iran and the Agency. 219
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