Iran has no nuclear weapons: IAEA chief
- Sulaiman Umar
- 30 Aug, 2023
- 936
TEHRAN- The
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said
on Monday that “Iran does not possess nuclear weapons.”
“Iran does not have nuclear weapons. A distinction must be made
between having nuclear weapons and being able to create them,” Grossi said at a
meeting of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
Grossi went on to say that in 2015 Iran and world powers reached
an agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA), but the United States withdrew from it in 2018.
Grossi also noted that “the American move triggered Iran to
abandon obligations over time. Although this agreement has not been declared
dead, it has become an empty shell.”
The UN nuclear chief added that “Iran has the nuclear materials
necessary for several nuclear weapons, but I must emphasize that Iran currently
does not have any nuclear weapons.”