The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced that Tehran will reconnect surveillance cameras at several locations.

Is this an ominous sign of an escalation in the sensitive Iranian nuclear issue? Iran has agreed to reconnect surveillance cameras at several nuclear sites, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday (March 4th) after returning from Tehran. “We have reached an agreement so that the cameras and surveillance systems are operational again.”Raffaele Croci told reporters at Vienna airport.

This should be set “soon”After a technical meeting, the statement issued jointly with the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEIO) remains ambiguous.

In addition, the number of visits by the UN to the Ford underground plant, where 83.7% enriched uranium particles were recently discovered near the entrance to the nuclear bomb, will increase by 50%. Rafael Grossi was returning to Tehran from a two-day visit where he held high-level talks, notably meeting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

A 2015 “renewal of the deal” on Iran’s nuclear program is intended

Amid worsening relations between Iran and Western powers, the Islamic Republic last year cut off severely limited inspections and surveillance cameras, leaving the IAEA in the dark. “Information Bleeding Stopped” Available to the IAEA, Rafael Croce welcomed.

In recent months, the agency said the lack of adequate monitoring could not guarantee the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program. “It’s very, very important.”, “Particularly with a view to renewing the agreement” Negotiations on the matter have been stalled since the summer of 2015. Iran limited its nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions. They began in Vienna in April 2021 between Tehran and the States Parties (China, Russia, the United Kingdom, France and Germany) with the indirect participation of the United States. But they are blocked from August 2022.

Since 2018, the Islamic Republic has gradually released itself from its obligations. Its total enriched uranium was 3,760 kg on February 12 (against 3,673 kg in October), 18 times the limit authorized by the JCPOA, according to the IAEA’s calculations.