In a report, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said Iran has implemented three of five transparency steps that it was supposed to take by August 25 in line with a roadmap agreed with the UN nuclear monitoring body in November 2013.
Iran cut its stockpile of low-enriched uranium to about 7.8 tons in August from 8.5 tons in May, it said.
The report confirmed that Iran has stopped the enrichment of UF6 above the 5-percent level, and no longer has any stockpile of UF6 enriched up to 20-percent.
No new facilities have been installed at Arak Heavy Water reactor, and there has been no fuel test or production process at the site, it added.
The report also noted that Iran continues to provide the agency with controlled access to centrifuge assembly units and stockpile facilities.
The IAEA, however, said that Iran has been slow in providing the Agency with information about its past nuclear activities, including alleged experiments on explosives that could be used for military purposes and studies related to calculating nuclear explosive yields. Iran has repeatedly denied accusations of military dimensions in its nuclear activities.
The agency noted that Tehran’s engagement is helping the supervisory body gain a better understanding of the country’s energy nuclear program.
Meanwhile, Iran and the United States have completed a second day of talks over Tehran’s nuclear energy program in Geneva.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, who leads the Iranian team of negotiators in Geneva, has described the discussions with US officials as "constructive.”In a report, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said Iran has implemented three of five transparency steps that it was supposed to take by August 25 in line with a roadmap agreed with the UN nuclear monitoring body in November 2013.
Iran cut its stockpile of low-enriched uranium to about 7.8 tons in August from 8.5 tons in May, it said.
The report confirmed that Iran has stopped the enrichment of UF6 above the 5-percent level, and no longer has any stockpile of UF6 enriched up to 20-percent.
No new facilities have been installed at Arak Heavy Water reactor, and there has been no fuel test or production process at the site, it added.
The report also noted that Iran continues to provide the agency with controlled access to centrifuge assembly units and stockpile facilities.
The IAEA, however, said that Iran has been slow in providing the Agency with information about its past nuclear activities, including alleged experiments on explosives that could be used for military purposes and studies related to calculating nuclear explosive yields. Iran has repeatedly denied accusations of military dimensions in its nuclear activities.
The agency noted that Tehran’s engagement is helping the supervisory body gain a better understanding of the country’s energy nuclear program.
Meanwhile, Iran and the United States have completed a second day of talks over Tehran’s nuclear energy program in Geneva.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, who leads the Iranian team of negotiators in Geneva, has described the discussions with US officials as "constructive.”

‘Delayed Response Due to Complexity’

Iran’s delayed response to two of the demands by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been due to the complexity and time-consuming nature of the issues, an Iranian official says.
On Friday, Iranian Ambassador to the IAEA Reza Najafi pointed to the agency’s quarterly report about five transparency steps that Tehran was supposed to implement regarding its nuclear energy program, two of which have yet to be taken.
"Iran had previously notified the agency that, considering the complexity of the issues in question, the full implementation of the five measures was not possible by August 25. Therefore, the agency has not expressed concern over the issue in its report, as it was aware of that beforehand,” Najafi pointed out.
"Regarding other past issues within the framework of the five practical measures, the third phase of serious negotiations have started between Iran and the agency and they are scheduled to be continued,” he said.
The IAEA, however, said that Iran has been slow in providing the Agency with information about its past nuclear activities, including alleged experiments on explosives that could be used for military purposes and studies related to calculating nuclear explosive yields. Iran has repeatedly denied accusations of military dimensions in its nuclear activities.

‘Iran-US Talks Useful’

A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says he has held "useful” talks with US officials about Iran’s nuclear energy program which will hopefully help resolve the ongoing standoff over the nuclear issue.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi said on Friday that the negotiations with US officials would continue on Saturday for the third day in a row.
He added that there is still a gap between the two sides on ways to settle issues.
"We will hopefully make progress by September 18 when the next round of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 will be held,” Araqchi said.
On September 1, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, who represents the six countries, met in Brussels, Belgium, and discussed the process of the ongoing nuclear talks.
Following the negotiations with Ashton, the Iranian foreign minister said he is optimistic that the issues related to the Iranian nuclear energy program "can be resolved in time” within the November 24 deadline.
Last November, Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China - plus Germany signed an interim deal in Geneva, which took effect on January 20 and expired six months later on July 20.
In July, Tehran and the six countries agreed to extend negotiations until November 24 after they failed to reach common ground on a number of key issues.