Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 19
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
The historic Iran nuclear deal entered a new phase, "the Adoption Day" on Oct. 18, as the Islamic Republic president, Hassan Rouhani instructed the foreign ministry and the Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) to begin implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Following that, the US President Barack Obama ordered the government to take steps towards lifting sanctions on Iran. The EU also began preparing to lift the trade sanctions against Tehran as the historic deal that was achieved last July between Tehran and the P5+1(the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany) came into effect.
However the sanctions will remain in place until the IAEA confirms that Iran has fulfilled its commitments regarding its nuclear program.
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the AEOI estimates that the work to comply with the JCPOA would take around two months.
So, which steps should be taken by Iran to lift the pressure of the international sanctions? Below is a list of measures that need the UN nuclear watchdog confirmation before entering the nuclear deal's "implementation day."
1- Iran will remove the core of the heavy water reactor at Arak and fill it with concrete. The reactor will eventually be converted so that it produces only a minimal amount of plutonium.
2- Iran will refrain from building a reprocessing plant in Arak- or even doing research on reprocessing - indefinitely, and will not build any new heavy water plants for 15 years.
3- Tehran should inform the IAEA about its heavy water production, and its storage in Arak heavy water plant and to permit the UN nuclear watchdog to inspect the plant if is needed. The restriction would be in force for 15 years as well.
4- The Islamic Republic should decrease the amount of its IR -1 first-generation centrifuges in Nataz nuclear site to 5,060 and the uranium enrichment will be limited to 3.67 percent. Excess centrifuges and enrichment-related infrastructure at Natanz will be stored under IAEA continuous monitoring.
5- Iran will implement certain limitations on all uranium enrichment and uranium enrichment-related activities including research and development (R&D) activities for eight years.
6- Iran will stop uranium enrichment activities at its Fordow facility for at least 15 years. Tehran also will not conduct research and development associated with uranium enrichment at the facility for 15 years.
7- Almost two-thirds of Fordow's centrifuges and infrastructure will be removed. The remaining centrifuges will not enrich uranium (Only 1044 IR-I machines will remain at Fordow). All centrifuges and related infrastructure will be placed under IAEA monitoring.
8- Iran should reduce its stockpile of low enriched uranium by some 98 percent (below 300 kilograms of 3.67 percent enriched UF6), either to ship it out of the country or dilute it down to its natural state.
9- Tehran will fabricated all its uranium oxide enriched 5-20 percent into fuel for Tehran Research Reactor.
10- Tehran should complete the modalities and facilities-specific arrangements to allow the IAEA to implement all transparency measures.
Edited by CN
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