Lekha G
The Iran’s Parliament speaker has told the country’s state TV that a three-month monitoring deal between Tehran and the UN nuclear watchdog has expired ceasing access to images of Iranian nuclear sites.
Iran’s state TV further quoted an official saying the deal between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Tehran could extend conditionally for a month, “If major powers accept Iran’s legal demands, then the data will be handed over to the agency.”
Moreover, the IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said that he was in talks with Iran regarding extension of the agreement which could possibly impact the negotiations between Tehran and six powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
The IAEA and Tehran had struck the three-month monitoring agreement in February to cushion the blow of Iran reducing its cooperation with the agency, allowing it to monitor certain activities.