IAEA: More money needed to implement Iran nuclear deal

(Baonghean.vn) - The United Nations nuclear watchdog has asked member states for more financial support to fulfill its role under the agreement to eliminate Iran's nuclear program, head Yukiya Amano said.said on August 25, declaring that current funds will be exhausted next month.

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano speaks at a press conference at IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria on June 8. Photo: Reuters.

The costs of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) activities on Iran have so far been met through extra-budgetary contributions from member states.

After Tehran and six world powers reached an agreement on July 14, the lifting of sanctions on Iran depends entirely on IAEA reports on the country's past and present nuclear program.

Mr Amano called on member states to provide the IAEA with the funds it needs to carry out its current work in Iran, saying the 800,000 euros ($924,000) a month the agency has been receiving would run out by the end of next month.

The agency will need an additional 160,000 euros a month to implement the July 14 agreement, which is expected to take effect early next year. Once the agreement is fully implemented, the agency will need 9.2 million euros a year.

Mr Amano said he would discuss including spending on monitoring and verification of the Iran deal in the regular budget from 2017 onwards. This budget reached approximately 350 million euros last year.

Thu Giang

(According to Reuters)