IAEA, Iran agree to replace surveillance cameras at Karaj nuclear site

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will soon install new surveillance cameras at Iran’s Karaj nuclear facility under an agreement between the two sides, the international nuclear energy watchdog said recently.

The agreement was concluded by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and the Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami.

Key Highlights

• According to an IAEA press release, the cameras, to be installed in the coming days, will replace those that were removed from the Karaj centrifuge component manufacturing workshop earlier this year, Xinhua news agency reported.

• The agency and Iran will also “continue to work on remaining outstanding safeguards issues with the aim of resolving them,” it added.

• The agreement with Iran is an important development for the IAEA’s verification and monitoring activities in the country, Grossi said. “It will enable us to resume necessary continuity of knowledge at this facility.”

• To this end, Iran and the agency will exchange information and assessments, including through meetings of experts.

SOURCE: Business Standard

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