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DW \u2014 An Iranian foreign official says Tehran could prevent the IAEA, the UN’s atomic agency, from visiting sites that are not declared as nuclear sites. He called on the US to rapidly return to a 2015 deal.<\/p>\nDW \u2014 An Iranian foreign official says Tehran could prevent the IAEA, the UN’s atomic agency, from visiting sites that are not declared as nuclear sites. He called on the US to rapidly return to a 2015 deal.<\/p>\n
Iran claims its nuclear program is for peaceful power-generating and medical purposes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Iran said on Monday that it would block snap inspections by the UN\u00a0nuclear watchdog from next week if other parties “do not fulfill their obligations” to the 2015 nuclear deal, threatening US\u00a0President Joe Biden\u2019s hopes of reviving the accord<\/a>.<\/p>\n The country has launched a program\u00a0to enrich uranium at higher levels and started the production of uranium metal, and is working with faster centrifuges.<\/p>\n It is also storing far more uranium than allowed under the nuclear deal.<\/p>\n “If others do not fulfill their obligations by February\u00a021, the government is obliged to suspend the voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said.<\/p>\n “It does not mean ending all inspections by the UN nuclear watchdog. All these steps are reversible if the other party changes its path and honors its obligations,” he said, alluding to the United States.<\/p>\n Writing on Twitter, the Iranian ambassador to the IAEA said Iran had informed the Vienna-based body of its plans.<\/p>\n\n\n