Iranian authorities are disabling cameras connected to the Online Enrichment Monitoring system
The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. File photo: REUTERS/LEONHARD FOEGER
The agency’s 35-member board of governors is convening this week in Vienna, and could vote to censure Iran as early as Wednesday after diplomats criticised the country for “systematic insufficient co-operation” with IAEA monitors. Inspectors are demanding Tehran step up assistance to their investigation into uranium traces detected at undeclared Iranian sites.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesperson for the Iranian organisation, said on state television that most of the IAEA’s cameras continued to operate, while leaving open the possibility of additional monitoring restrictions. An IAEA spokesperson did not reply to a request for comment.
In a joint statement late on Tuesday, France, Germany and the UK — all signatories to the accord — said they were “deeply concerned about the continued nuclear advances”, which “risk unravelling the deal that we have so carefully crafted together.”