#alternate iran and i.a.e.a. reach last-minute deal on nuclear    monitoring     (button)    (button) sections    (button) search    skip to contentskip to site index    europe    (button)     today’s paper     europe|iran and i.a.e.a. reach last-minute deal on nuclear    monitoring    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/12/world/europe/iran-iaea-nuclear-deal.    html      *      *      *      *      * (button)      *       * (button) give this article      * (button) share      * (button)      *     advertisement    continue reading the main story     supported by    continue reading the main story  iran and i.a.e.a. reach last-minute deal on nuclear monitoring     the temporary agreement should keep tehran from censure for    noncompliance by the nuclear agency, a move that could have derailed    already suspended nuclear talks.      *      *      *      *      * (button)      *      * (button) read in app       * send any friend a story        as a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.        anyone can read what you share.        (button)        (button) give this article      * (button) share      * (button)      *      * (button) read in app     rafael m. grossi, director general of the i.a.e.a., third from left,    bumped fists with mohammad eslami, head of the atomic energy    organization of iran, in tehran on sunday.    rafael m. grossi, director general of the i.a.e.a., third from left,    bumped fists with mohammad eslami, head of the atomic energy    organization of iran, in tehran on sunday.credit...wana news agency,    via reuters    steven erlanger     by steven erlanger    published sept. 12, 2021updated sept. 24, 2021     brussels — in a last-minute deal before iran was likely to be censured    for violating its agreements with the international atomic energy    agency, the new government in tehran agreed on sunday to let the    organization reset monitoring devices that help measure the progress of    the country’s nuclear program.     that deal has been considered a minimal requirement for a resumption of    talks in vienna on trying to restore compliance with the 2015 iran    nuclear deal, which president donald j. trump abandoned in 2018.    president biden wants to rejoin the deal, but talks, which have not    resumed since june, have been hampered by the desire of both iran    and the united states to alter or enhance it. the nuclear deal    essentially put tough limits on iran’s ability to enrich uranium in    return for the lifting of punishing economic sanctions.     mr. trump restored most of those sanctions and added to them; iran    responded by breaking the enrichment limits and is now much closer    to having enough highly enriched uranium to create a nuclear weapon —    which tehran still insists it has no intention of doing.     the director general of the nuclear agency, rafael m. grossi, made a    quick visit to iran this weekend and worked out at least a temporary    arrangement with mohammad eslami, the chief of the country’s atomic    energy organization.     in a joint statement issued on sunday, they agreed that i.a.e.a.    inspectors could service the monitoring equipment, which includes    cameras, and replace their storage cards with new ones. but as agreed    in a similar emergency deal last february, the contents of the storage    cards are kept under seal and will be released to the agency only when    and if iran and the united states agree on a revival of the 2015    deal, known as the joint comprehensive plan of action.     the i.a.e.a., charged with monitoring iran’s nuclear program, has been    increasingly critical of iran’s failure to cooperate with the agency    and of its longstanding refusal to provide explanations for the    presence of traces of radioactive material at several sites or about    where that material may be now. the agency’s frustration was detailed    in two confidential quarterly reports issued to the board last week.     the agency’s board meets on monday, and european members, along with    the united states, had been threatening to censure iran for its    noncompliance. iran and its new hard-line government led by    president ebrahim raisi threatened to abandon the nuclear arms talks in    vienna if a censure resolution was passed.     china and russia, also signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, along with    britain, france, germany and the united states, have argued for    patience with the new iranian government and against the censure. that    led to the drama of the latest grossi visit, which russia negotiated    with iran.     but as time goes by and iran moves closer to having enough material for    a bomb — estimated on friday to be only a month or so away by david    albright, a nuclear expert with the institute for science and    international security, a research institution in washington — the    difficulty of reviving the 2015 deal grows sharper.     that deal was intended to keep iran at least 12 months away from having    enough material for a bomb. and critics say that iran’s growing    knowledge of how to make and service modern centrifuges and uranium    metal — banned under the 2015 deal — cannot be unlearned, let alone its    separate advances in missile technology.     european and american officials, such as secretary of state antony j.    blinken and robert malley, the u.s. special envoy for iran who is    handling the talks, have said that the time period for reviving the    nuclear deal is “not open-ended.” and mr. raisi has yet to commit to a    date to return to the vienna talks. countries in the region, including    saudi arabia and israel, have been expressing considerable concern    about iran’s expanding nuclear program.     mr. grossi’s trip may have momentarily resolved some of the complaints    in one of the i.a.e.a.’s confidential reports, about lack of access to    monitoring equipment. the agency also said that it did have access on    sept. 4 to a centrifuge assembly site that was damaged by sabotage,    which iran has blamed on israel. but one of four cameras had been    destroyed, its recording material missing, and another damaged. it is    not clear whether the recordings in the other cameras will be    recoverable.     but questions in the second report, about radioactive traces found at    four iranian sites and summarized as “undeclared nuclear material and    activities,” have not been answered by iran in an inquiry that has been    open since 2018.  understand the iran nuclear deal      __________________________________________________________________     card 1 of 5     a critical stage. despite recent threats and harsh words, the u.s.    and iran are inching closer to a new nuclear accord, though important    sticking points remain. here’s a look at how we got here:     the 2015 deal. iran and a group of six nations led by the u.s.    reached a historic accord in 2015 to significantly limit tehran’s    nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting sanctions.    the agreement was former president barack obama’s signature foreign    policy achievement.     the u.s. abandons the deal. president donald j. trump pulled the    u.s. out of the accord in 2018 and reimposed tough sanctions against    iran in hopes of forcing tehran to renegotiate. iran responded in part    by enriching uranium significantly beyond the limits in the    agreement.     a path back to an accord. president biden vowed to bring the u.s. back    into the deal, and talks in vienna created a road map for that    effort, though challenges have remained: iran wants the u.s. to lift    sanctions first, while the u.s. wants iran to return to compliance    first.     what happens next. both sides have softened their demands, but american    and iranian officials have admitted that major points still need to be    addressed. while the impetus for renewing the 2015 treaty appears to be    strong, neither side wants to seem too eager to reach a deal.      *      *      *      *      *     “the lack of progress in clarifying the agency’s questions concerning    the correctness and completeness of iran’s safeguards declarations    seriously affects the ability of the agency to provide assurance of the    peaceful nature of iran’s nuclear program,” the report said.     in tehran on sunday, mr. grossi said, “i am glad to say that today we    were able to have a very constructive result, which has to do with the    continuity of the operation of the agency’s equipment here.” he said    that the arrangement was “indispensable for us to provide the necessary    guarantee and information to the i.a.e.a. and to the world that    everything is in order.”     mr. eslami said that mr. grossi would return to iran soon for further    talks. he did not say whether iran would eventually hand over copies of    the older recordings, which tehran had previously threatened to    destroy.     “the memory cards are sealed and kept in iran according to the    routine,” mr. eslami said. “new memory cards will be installed in    cameras. that is a routine and natural trend in the agency’s monitoring    system.”     advertisement    continue reading the main story  site information navigation       * © 2022 the new york times company       * nytco      * contact us      * accessibility      * work with us      * advertise      * t brand studio      * your ad choices      * privacy policy      * terms of service      * terms of sale      * site map      * canada      * international      * help      * subscriptions     iframe:    https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=gtm-p528b3&gtm_auth=tfa    zqo1rydlgyhmtnsjpqw&gtm_preview=env-130&gtm_cookies_win=x  references     visible links:    1. nyt://article/a6686bd8-493e-5a32-9c03-faad723f04e2    2. https://www.nytimes.com/svc/oembed/json/?url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/12/world/europe/iran-iaea-nuclear-deal.html    3. 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