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The International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meets amid tensions over Iran, search for new director general. IMAGES
The quarterly IAEA Board of Governors meeting opens in Vienna amid stalled talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, as major European countries and the United States are expected to seek to censure Iran. If the resolution urging Iran to "cooperate fully" with the IAEA is adopted, it will be the first motion censuring Iran since June 2020. IMAGES of the plenary room
During a press conference, the IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi shows the type of that the UN watchdog is using for monitoring Iran's nuclear program. Tehran and the Vienna-based IAEA announced earlier this week that they had reached agreement on replacing the cameras at a facility which makes centrifuges, after they were reportedly damaged in a June attack Tehran blames on Israel. But the IAEA will not be able to examine the camera images until after sanctions are lifted, an Iranian official has said. IMAGES
The Director general of the IAEA Rafael Mariano Grossi meets the Vice President and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Eslami in Vienna. IMAGES
Vienna, Sep 12 (EFE) .- The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said Sunday in Vienna that the agreement reached with Iran is not a long-term solution. The Iranian government will allow UN inspectors to operate and repair certain surveillance cameras at Iranian nuclear sites after Grossi's visit to Tehran this Sunday.Iran limited international inspections this year and decided to record but not deliver the data recorded by the aforementioned surveillance cameras to the IAEA until an agreement was reached to lift US sanctions against the country.(Camera: JORDI KUHS) SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF RAFAEL GROSSI'S ARRIVAL IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA AFTER REACHING AN AGREEMENT WITH IRAN.