INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
watchdog's cameras turned off until the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is restored
Iran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it had removed IAEA equipment, including 27 cameras installed under the
2015 pact, after the IAEA Board of governors passed a resolution in June criticizing Tehran."We will not switch on the Agency cameras until
the other side returns to the nuclear deal," Mohammad Eslami stated.Eslami also urged IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi to avoid raising
questions that had already been resolved based on the JCPOA.The 2015 nuclear pact put curbs on Iran's nuclear activities in return for the
lifting of international sanctions
President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the deal in 2018 unilaterally, re-imposing tough economic sanctions on Tehran.In an
interview with Spain's El Pais published on Friday, Grossi said Iran's nuclear program is "galloping ahead" and the IAEA has very limited
process to restore the JCPOA.
