TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned that Tehran will stop implementing the nuclear agreement signed with the world powers if the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) fails to close the case about the country's past nuclear activities, known as the PMD issues.
"Termination of the PMD case which had been formed based on lies was one of the points emphasized during the negotiations (between Iran and the world powers) and if the PMD case is not closed, implementation of the agreement will not continue," Larijani said in Tehran on Monday.
In relevant remarks on Friday, Iranian Ambassador to the IAEA Reza Najafi underlined that the PMD case should be closed before the nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers can come into force.
"We are waiting for the IAEA to fulfill its commitment with regard to the closure of the PMD issues, because the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will not be implemented if the UN watchdog does not do this," Najafi said, addressing the IAEA's Board of Governors in Vienna.
He also said Iran was taking the needed measures to implement the JCPOA "by late December or early January" if the upcoming IAEA report ends up in the closure of the PMD issues.
Earlier this month, Najafi underlined that Tehran had emphasized that implementation of the JCPOA would take place only after the case of the PMD issues is closed.
"They know that the condition for implementation of JCPOA is the closing of the PMD issue," Najafi said in reaction to the recent remarks by the US officials who said that the PMD case would remain open.
He underlined that Article 14 of the nuclear accord stipulates that the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany) has to present a resolution to IAEA Board of Governors on December 15 to close the PMD issue.
Also this month, Najafi announced that the IAEA would release a report on PMD issues later in November.
"We have taken all measures completely based on the roadmap of cooperation (signed) between Iran and the IAEA and the Agency issued a statement on October 15 and announced that Iran has adopted all measures," Najafi told reporters in Tehran.
Noting that the IAEA is now busy with compiling the PMD report, he said, "Of course, we will have a conclusion meeting before releasing the report."
"It is predicted that the IAEA report will be released late November," Najafi underscored.
"This stage is important and we predict that the Agency's report will be released and the (PMD) case will be closed late this month," he added.
The IAEA declared on October 15 that Tehran had completed all steps that it needed to take under the roadmap of cooperation that the two sides signed in Vienna in July to resolve Tehran's past and present outstanding issues.
"In the period to 15 October 2015, activities set out in the 'Road-map for the clarification of past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program' were completed," a statement by the IAEA said.
"By 15 December 2015, the Director General will provide, for action by the Board of Governors, the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues, as set out in the annex of the 2011 Director General’s report," it added.
IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi signed a roadmap of cooperation in Vienna on July 14.
After the roadmap was signed, Salehi announced that the new agreement would fully settle all unresolved issues pertaining to Tehran's nuclear activities in the past.