Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Iran violates 2nd consecutive IAEA deadline in 2 weeks - analysis

A second deadline was missed on Sunday regarding a deal the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran had said they agreed to in early March but that Tehran is now stonewalling.

According to a deal announced by both sides on March 5, Iran had been required to provide new answers to the IAEA by March 20 to try to talk its way out of evidence the Mossad had obtained in 2018 of the nuclear dimensions of its program.

However, the ayatollahs did not turn over their new answers on March 20 or since then, which led to missing the second deadline on Sunday.



Had Tehran sent its new answers, the IAEA was due on Sunday to already be demanding clarifications regarding them.

Moreover, the sides had agreed that they would start a series of physical meetings on April 10 to iron out any remaining differences after the first two rounds of exchange. READ MORE