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Iran's New Nuclear 'Understanding' with World Atomic Agency Explained
By Tom O'Connor On 2/22/21 at 9:26 PM EST
A last-minute arrangement between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Islamic Republic of Iran has so far ensured the survival of an embattled 2015 nuclear deal among major world powers while allowing Tehran to terminate certain transparency commitments known as the Additional Protocol.
While the details of the new compromise remain murky, Laura Rockwood, director of the One Earth Future think tank's Open Nuclear Network program and the principal author of the document that served as the basis of the IAEA's Model Additional Protocol, explained on Monday how this could move could potentially save the accord by giving a temporary off-ramp to rising tensions surrounding the deal.
"What we have is a technical understanding that provides some breathing space for the political actors to find a political solution," Rockwood told a press call hosted Monday by the European Leadership Network and attended by
She quoted IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi, who called the outcome a "good, reasonable result" following his return to Vienna from Tehran on Sunday.
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Rockwood broke down the new dynamic into three points:
"That Iran will continue to implement its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement without any limitations, that they reached a temporary bilateral technical understanding—and every one of those words carefully negotiated—whereby the Agency will continue its necessary verification and monitoring activities up to three months as per a technical annex that has yet to be released," she said, "And then finally, that the parties will keep this understanding under constant review and that it could be suspended or extended
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By Tom O'Connor On 2/22/21 at 9:26 PM EST
A last-minute arrangement between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Islamic Republic of Iran has so far ensured the survival of an embattled 2015 nuclear deal among major world powers while allowing Tehran to terminate certain transparency commitments known as the Additional Protocol.
While the details of the new compromise remain murky, Laura Rockwood, director of the One Earth Future think tank's Open Nuclear Network program and the principal author of the document that served as the basis of the IAEA's Model Additional Protocol, explained on Monday how this could move could potentially save the accord by giving a temporary off-ramp to rising tensions surrounding the deal.
"What we have is a technical understanding that provides some breathing space for the political actors to find a political solution," Rockwood told a press call hosted Monday by the European Leadership Network and attended by
She quoted IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi, who called the outcome a "good, reasonable result" following his return to Vienna from Tehran on Sunday.
Newsweek subscription offers >
Rockwood broke down the new dynamic into three points:
"That Iran will continue to implement its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement without any limitations, that they reached a temporary bilateral technical understanding—and every one of those words carefully negotiated—whereby the Agency will continue its necessary verification and monitoring activities up to three months as per a technical annex that has yet to be released," she said, "And then finally, that the parties will keep this understanding under constant review and that it could be suspended or extended
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