U.N. Watchdog: Iran Nuclear Deal Appears to be Working So Far, but Inspectors are ‘Stretched’

June 3, 2016

Author: 

Joby Warrick

Publication: 

Washington Post

Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in an interviiew that Iran appears to be complying with the nuclear agreement reached with six world powers in July 2015.  Amano stated, though, that his Agency's inspectors are stretched thin by the task of verifying Iran's compliance with the accord and that the IAEA is still in the process of building up the capacity to monitor dozens of nuclear-related facilities.  Amano also said that the IAEA's recent reports on Iran are less detailed than those issued before the nuclear agreement because of new rules imposed by the deal.  He added that the Agency does not view Iran's denials of past nuclear weapons-related experiments as credible.