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IAEA needs more funds to monitor Iran’s nuclear installations

Nuclear watchdog requests funding boost for Iran inspections http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nuclear-watchdog-requests-funding-boost-for-iran-inspections/article/2570784

By CHARLES HOSKINSON • 8/25/15 The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said Tuesday his agency will need an additional $10.5 million a year to meet new requirements to verify Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful under a deal worked out between Tehran and major world powers.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano spoke at a news conference after the agency’s board voted to formally implement the deal, along with the confidential side agreements that detail how Iran will resolve questions about past nuclear work widely believed to have been focused on developing a weapon.

He said the additional money would go to hire more inspectors to work in Iran, along with additional equipment necessary to meet what he called “the most robust safeguard regime in the current world.”

“We will need more inspectors,” but “it will not be a dramatic increase,” he said. “Verification is not done only by inspectors. We have the cameras, we have the seals and we have advanced technology.”

August 26, 2015 - Posted by | general

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