Iran's Reaction to Yukiya Amano's Presence in the U.S. Senate

Reza Najafi, Iran's representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reacted on Saturday, August 1, to the news of Yukiya Amano, the Director General of this international body, attending the U.S. Senate, warning against the disclosure of Iran's agreement with the Agency. In response to a question from the ISNA news agency regarding whether Amano would be allowed to explain the details of the agreement between Iran and the Agency to resolve past and present issues if U.S. senators requested it, Najafi stated: "Certainly, agreements between a member country and the Agency that are confidential cannot be shared with any other country, and as has been made clear in congressional discussions, the confidential texts between Iran and the Agency have not even been shared with the U.S. government, so this matter cannot be made available to Senate representatives either." The Iranian representative to the IAEA emphasized: "The Agency knows what the disclosure of confidential texts means, and Iran has made this issue completely clear to the Director General of the Agency." According to the agreement between Iran and the IAEA, which was signed hours before the announcement of the Vienna agreement, sensitive remaining issues such as Tehran's potentially military nuclear activities at the Parchin site must be resolved by the end of 2015. The IAEA announced yesterday that Yukiya Amano "is set to explain the role of the IAEA regarding verification and monitoring of nuclear activities (in Tehran) within the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" that Iran and six world powers have agreed upon, to the senators. However, Najafi emphasized regarding Amano's presence in the U.S. Congress and explaining the Agency's role in the nuclear agreement: "Whether a parliament of a member country invites the Director General of the Agency and whether he accepts this invitation or not is within the personal authority of the Director General." Iran and six world powers reached an agreement on Tehran's nuclear program on July 14 of this year. Under this agreement, Iran agreed to impose significant restrictions on its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions against it. Congressional Republicans critical of the nuclear agreement with Iran argue that this agreement cannot prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons in the long term. In the question-and-answer sessions of various Senate and House committees held over the past two weeks, some U.S. representatives and senators revealed that according to a clause of the Iran-IAEA agreement, sampling from the Parchin site is the responsibility of Iran, and American inspectors do not have the right to participate in inspections. They stated that the Obama administration should provide them with the text of this agreement, but John Kerry, the U.S. Secretary of State, announced that we do not have access to the original agreement because its content is confidential and only a summary of it will be shared with members of Congress in a closed session. Ernest Moniz, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, warned yesterday that any nuclear agreement with Iran by Congress would have many negative consequences. In this context, Amano is going to the Senate to explain the Agency's role in the agreement with Iran. The U.S. Secretary of Energy stated: The nuclear agreement with Iran will certainly be implemented. The European Union has begun implementing the "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" with Iran. Zarif: Iran has reached a nuclear agreement; now it is Israel's turn. The changing battlefield of "proxy wars"; war against the people in the streets of Iran. The first paragraph; the responsibility of opponents and the possibility of radicalizing Iranian society. The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iranian crisis. The Secretary of Iran's Security Council: The time for reconnecting the internet is uncertain. The shadow of war over Tehran; "Trump is looking for decisive military options against Iran." Trump says if the Islamic Republic attempts to assassinate him, it will be "wiped off the face of the earth." A senior U.S. official: The Trump administration is closely monitoring the case of Reza Valizadeh. The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iranian crisis.