Iran"s top security body says it has approved cooperation agreement with IAEA

The Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran says arrangements included in a new agreement signed between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been approved by the Nuclear Committee of the council, Report informs via IRNA.

The Secretariat of the SNSC issued a statement on Sunday on the agreement signed by Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in Egypt's capital, Cairo, earlier this week.

The agreement signed on September 9 contains arrangements to resume cooperation between Tehran and the IAEA.

"The text of these arrangements was reviewed by the Nuclear Committee of the Supreme National Security Council, and what has been signed is essentially the same as what was approved by that committee," the statement read.

According to the statement, the Nuclear Committee, which is composed of senior officials from relevant institutions, has always been authorized by the SNSC to make decisions. For the new agreement with the IAEA, the Committee has acted in accordance with the usual procedure, it added.

The statement also provided a brief explanation on how Iran and the IAEA should cooperate on the three nuclear sites of Isfahan, Natanz, and Fordow that were struck by the US and Israel.

Iran's top security body emphasized that the implementation of the new arrangements agreed by Tehran and the IAEA would be stopped if any hostile action was taken against Iran and its nuclear sites, including the restoration of UN sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.