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Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Adviser to Iran nuclear negotiators denies dropping demand for closure of IAEA probe
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An adviser to Iran’s negotiating team denies a Reuters report that Tehran has stopped conditioning the renewal of a nuclear deal requires the UN’s atomic watchdog shuttering a probe into unexplained uranium traces at undeclared Iranian sites.
“No deal will be implemented before the IAEA Board of Directors PERMANENTLY closes the false accusations file,” Mohammad Marandi, an academic, writes on Twitter. “Iran’s nuclear program will not be dismantled.”
Reuters quoted an unnamed US official who said Iran also largely give up its demand that the State Department remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from a terror blacklist.
“Very misleading. I’ve said for MONTHS, removing the Guards from the FTO is not a precondition,” Marandi adds.
Very misleading. I've said for MONTHS, removing the Guards from the FTO is not a precondition.
No deal will be implemented before the IAEA Board of Directors PERMANENTLY closes the false accusations file.
Iran's nuclear program will not be dismantled.https://t.co/J8OLsqlhwS
— Seyed Mohammad Marandi (@s_m_marandi) August 23, 2022
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