

Iran will not get additional sanctions relief until the IAEA verifies that Iran has completed its nuclear steps, including those related to PMD.Īnd let’s be clear-this issue is one of past behavior. government’s nuclear experts are confident in the Agency’s technical plans for investigating the possible military dimensions (PMD) of Iran’s former program. As we have said before-and as we briefed Congress fully in classified settings-the U.S. They do not compromise the IAEA’s safeguards standards in any way. As IAEA Director General Amano noted, the arrangements between the IAEA and Iran are technically sound and consistent with the Agency’s long-established practice. There is no “self-inspection” of Iranian facilities, and the IAEA has in no way given responsibility for nuclear inspections to Iran. Read the Deal What You Need To Know (PDF) Learn more about the sanctions that remain in place on Iran here. sanctions authorities and designations will continue to remain in place. will begin lifting its nuclear-related sanctions on Iran. and international community can begin the next phase under the JCPOA, which means the U.S. Provided unprecedented access to its nuclear facilities and supply chainīecause Iran has completed these steps, the U.S. Removed the calandria from its heavy water reactor and filled it with concrete Shipped 25,000 pounds of enriched uranium out of the countryĭismantled and removed two-thirds of its centrifuges And with the unprecedented monitoring and access this deal puts in place, if Iran tries, we will know and sanctions will snap back into place. Today, because of the Iran deal, it would take Iran 12 months or more. On January 16, 2016, the International Atomic Energy Agency verified that Iran has completed the necessary steps under the Iran deal that will ensure Iran's nuclear program is and remains exclusively peaceful.īefore this agreement, Iran's breakout time - or the time it would have taken for Iran to gather enough fissile material to build a weapon - was only two to three months.
