THE application of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear safety rules to Iran has become an important step, Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said in an interview with Sputnik.
Ulyanov raised the question of why the IAEA Secretariat reacted so poorly to the attack only 200 metres (656 feet) from the operating nuclear reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant. According to the representative, it turned out that by the time of the first relevant publication, the IAEA did not have the necessary information. They tried to get it, but they had no telephone connection to the Bushehr NPP.
After receiving more detailed information from the Russian side, the agency issued a new message, which already described in more detail what happened at the station. “At the same time [IAEA Director General Rafael] Grossi for the first time clearly stated that the ‘seven indispensable pillars for ensuring nuclear safety and security during an armed conflict’ he proclaimed in 2022 in the Ukrainian context also apply to the situation in Iran.
By the standards of the IAEA, this is a serious step forward. Before that, for almost a year, he had been trying in every possible way to fit these ‘seven pillars’ into the Iranian context,” Ulyanov said.
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