Iran Nuclear Inspection Deal with UN Watchdog Extended

According to Tehran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it has decided to extend a monitoring deal with the agency for a month.

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The announcement raised further questions about the future of indirect talks under way between the United States and Iran on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

It is widely known as the world’s “Atoms for Peace and Development” organization within the United Nations family.

It is the world’s central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field. It works for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology.

Though established as an autonomous organisation, independently of the United Nations through its own international treaty, the IAEA Statute, the IAEA reports to both the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council.

The IAEA has 173 member states. Most UN members and the Holy See are Member States of the IAEA. The IAEA and its former Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.