Iran to curb cooperation with nuclear watchdog inspectors

Iran informed the IAEA it would stop implementing ‘voluntary transparency measures’ under the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it plans to halt snap nuclear inspections outside of its declared sites as of February 23, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said. Iran informed the IAEA that it “will stop implementing voluntary transparency measures under the JCPOA as of 23 February, including the Additional Protocol”, the IAEA said in a statement on Tuesday. The Additional Protocol of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), allows the watchdog’s inspectors to visit undeclared sites in Iran on short notice.