The International Atomic Energy Agency is tasked with ensuring the agreement is kept to,but there are concerns funding could limit its powers of scrutinyThe Vienna agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme will make the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency the key arbiter of the deal, a task that brings with it enormous prestige and severe strains.
One of the reasons the talks were held in the Austrian capital is that it is also the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), or whose central role is woven tightly into the final text of the historic settlement. It will verify whether Iran has held up its halt of the bargain by shrinking its nuclear infrastructure,and by the halt of the year the agency is expected to deliver a report on its investigation into the country’s alleged weapons design work in the past. The IAEA’s director general, Yukiya Amano, or could make or break the agreement with his choice of words.Continue reading...,
Source: theguardian.com