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A10 WORLD NEWS
Monday 9 SepteMber 2019

U.N. atomic official in Iran as it runs advanced centrifuges

By NASSER KARIMI and JON “There is the issue of the Eu- rorism and financial intelli-
GAMBRELL ropean Union, which was gence at the U.S. Treasury,
Associated Press supposed to fill the vacuum told journalists in Abu Dhabi
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran created after America (left the sanctions cut deeply
defended Sunday its deci- the deal) but unfortunately into Iran’s government rev-
sion to use advanced cen- they could not act the way enues, without offering spe-
trifuges prohibited by its un- they had promised,” Salehi cifics, and new warnings
raveling 2015 nuclear deal said. had been issued to those
with world powers as a visit- He added: “They have put who would purposefully
ing top official of the United us in a complicated and or mistakenly buy Iranian
Nations atomic watchdog critical situation.” crude oil.
urged Tehran to offer “time For his part, Feruta followed “There’s . no question that
and active cooperation” the same careful pattern of Iranian oil sales have taken
with his inspectors. the late Amano by trying to a serious nosedive,” she
The visit and careful com- say as little as he could. said.
ments by Cornel Feruta, “We do of course express However, she acknowl-
the acting director-general the view that timely and edged that the Iranian
of the International Atomic active cooperation is very oil tanker Adrian Darya-1,
Energy Agency, show the important, and also the which Gibraltar seized in
pressure his organization fact that time is very impor- July and later released,
is now under as Iran steps tant,” he said. had in fact made it to Syria.
further away from the deal That mirrored a line in a Authorities there say Iran
the IAEA is meant to moni- recent IAEA report on had promised the ship,
tor. Iran that suggested Teh- which carries 2.1 million
Also Sunday, a top U.S. ran wasn’t as forthcoming barrels of crude oil worth
Treasury official visiting Abu answering questions as it some $130 million, wouldn’t
Dhabi insisted that Iran’s hoped. Both the U.S. and go to Syria.
oil exports “have taken Israel have been agitating On Sunday, Iranian Foreign
a serious nosedive” after Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, and the IAEA to look further into Ministry Abbas Mousavi
President Donald Trump Acting Director-General of the International Atomic Energy a warehouse where Israel told state TV that the ship
withdrew America from the Agency, IAEA, Cornel Feruta shake hands for media prior to says its spies seized secret had “docked on the shores
accord and imposed sanc- their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. material from Tehran’s nu- of the Mediterranean Sea,”
tions on its energy industry. Associated Press clear program. without elaborating. He re-
Her comments came as Meanwhile, mysterious at- eral Yukiya Amano in July. Speaking on Europe 1 ra- iterated earlier comments
Iran acknowledged its oil tacks on oil tankers near While Iran continues to pull dio on Sunday, French by government officials
tanker pursued by the U.S. the Strait of Hormuz, Iran away from the deal, Tehran Foreign Minister Jean-Yves that its cargo had been
had “docked on the shores shooting down a U.S. mili- has made clear it wants Le Drian said Iran’s “disen- sold to an unnamed buyer.
of the Mediterranean tary surveillance drone and IAEA inspectors to continue gagement” from the deal’s The state-run IRNA news
Sea” after satellite pictures other incidents across the their work. terms was causing tensions, agency separately quoted
showed it off the coast of wider Middle East followed But officials blamed Euro- but added “the channels him as saying that the Adri-
Syria, despite a pledge by Trump’s decision. pean leaders for being un- of dialogue remain open.” an Darya-1 had unloaded
Tehran it wouldn’t go there Feruta met with Iranian For- able so far to offer a way As Feruta visited Tehran, its cargo.
after being seized. eign Minister Mohammad for Iran to sell its crude oil a top U.S. Treasury official “Right now it’s parked right
Iran has already crept past Javad Zarif and Ali Akbar around U.S. sanctions. A traveled to the United Arab outside right outside of Syr-
limits the deal imposed on Salehi, the head of Iran’s proposal by France to offer Emirates, where she her- ia,” Mandelker said. “So it’s
nuclear enrichment and its nuclear program, while in a $15 billion line of credit alded the sanctions the yet another game of de-
uranium stockpile. It is trying Tehran. failed to materialize. China, Trump administration al- ception that we see them
to pressure Europe to find a He is serving as the IAEA’s Britain, France, Germany ready imposed on Iran’s oil engaged in that we think
way to sell crude oil abroad acting director after the and Russia all were parties industry. Sigal P. Mandelker, the world needs to open its
despite U.S. sanctions. death of late director-gen- to the accord. the undersecretary for ter- eyes to.”q