Iran says not obliged to renew agreement with IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on June 25 demanded an immediate reply from Iran on whether it would extend a monitoring agreement that expired overnight, prompting an Iranian envoy to respond that Tehran was under no obligation to provide an answer, Report informs referring to Reuters.

Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi, said that Iran was not required to comply with the IAEA head’s request.

“The extension or non-extension of the agreement with the IAEA has nothing to do with Iran’s obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and Tehran continues to fulfill its obligations under the non-proliferation treaty,” the press service of the Iranian government in Vienna quoted Gharibabadi as saying.