UN nuclear watchdog to hold emergency meeting on Iran
Tehran (KNA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it will hold an emergency meeting on Iran next week, a few days after a planned increase in the level of Iran's uranium enrichment, which will come as part of the country's reduction of its commitments under a multilateral 2015 nuclear deal to reciprocate Europe’s inaction to fully abide by the agreement.
A spokesman for the UN's nuclear watchdog announced on Friday that the meeting of the IAEA's Board of Governors will be held on July 10.
The emergency meeting will be held at the request of US Ambassador to International Organizations Jackie Wolcott.
The request was later criticized by Iran's mission to the IAEA as "a bitter irony".
"It is indeed a bitter irony that the concern about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)'s implementation is being raised by the very regime which has practically violated the JCPOA through its illegal and unilateral withdrawal from the deal, and has pressured others to do the same," a statement by the Iranian mission said.
"The fact that the US, as the first and main violator of the JCPOA, has made such a request indicates its isolation, which results from its opposition to multilateralism and the rule of law in international affairs," it added.
According to a statement by the US mission in Vienna, the meeting requested by Wolcott is scheduled to be focused on Iran's move to exceed the 300-kg limit of low-enriched uranium stockpiles as stipulated under the JCPOA.
Source: PressTV