What’s next after Iran, IAEA cut dramatic deal? - analysis

It was early March. Iran had been caught red-handed just a couple of weeks earlier, enriching uranium to the 84% level, the closest it had ever dared to get to 90% weaponized uranium for a potential nuclear bomb.

Then, right before the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors was due to issue a third loud condemnation of Iran and possibly a referral to the UN Security Council for global snapback sanctions, a dramatic deal was struck between the Islamic Republic and the IAEA.

A month later, signs are that the drama was once again superficial and that the IAEA and the West may have fallen for yet another deception by Tehran.

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi had said in early March that within seven-10 days, there would be intense contacts to make sure the ayatollahs kept their commitments but nothing has happened, at least publicly.

What is going on with the IAEA and Iran?

We have not received specific details about which IAEA inspection activities have been restored and which have not. We do not know what new answers the Islamic Republic has provided to explain its past nuclear military dimensions. READ MORE