The US State Department spokesman was responding to a question about the meeting between Abram Paley, the Deputy US Special Representative for Iran Affairs and Rafael Grossi, the IAEA chief in Vienna, according to IRNA correspondent.
“Paley met Grossi and expressed Washington's appreciation for the International Atomic Energy Agency's efforts to communicate with Iran regarding its safeguards obligations”, Mathew Millar said in the briefing.
Miller accused Tehran of “very little cooperation with the agency” and expressed concern over “Iran’s expansion of its nuclear program in a way that has no civilian purpose”, without giving any evidence.
The US statement followed Grossi’s claims that Iran continues to enrich uranium beyond the level stipulated under the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a landmark accord that remained dysfunctional following the unilateral US withdrawal and non-compliance by European signatories.
On the first day of the US withdrawal from the JCPOA in May 2018, Iran reduced its commitments to the international deal based on Articles 26 and 36.
Meanwhile, Grossi is planning to visit Iran in April or May, the Head of the Atomic Agency Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami announced on Wednesday.
Eslami said Grossi’s visit will take place on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the AEOI and it will also focus on the removal of misunderstandings and the expansion of cooperation.
IRNA