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Iran's Nuclear Program: Tehran's Compliance with International Obligations
Summary
Several U.N. Security Council resolutions required Iran to cooperate fully with the International
Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA's) investigation of its nuclear activities, suspend its uranium
enrichment program, suspend its construction of a heavy-water reactor and related projects, and
ratify the Additional Protocol to its IAEA safeguards agreement. However, Tehran has
implemented various restrictions on, and provided the IAEA with additional information about,
its uranium enrichment program and heavy-water reactor program pursuant to the July 2015 Joint
Cooperative Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Tehran concluded with China, France, Germany,
Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. On the JCPOA's Implementation Day, which
took place on January 16, 2016, all of the previous resolutions' requirements were terminated.
The nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231, which
the Council adopted on July 20, 2015, comprise the current legal framework governing Iran's
nuclear program. Iran has complied with the JCPOA and resolution.
Iran and the IAEA agreed in August 2007 on a work plan to clarify the outstanding questions
regarding Tehran's nuclear program. The IAEA had essentially resolved most of these issues, but
for several years the agency still had questions concerning "possible military dimensions to Iran's
nuclear programme." A December 2, 2015, report to the IAEA Board of Governors from agency
Director-General Yukiya Amano contains the IAEA's "final assessment on the resolution" of the
outstanding issues.
This report provides a brief overview of Iran's nuclear program and describes the legal basis for
the actions taken by the IAEA board and the Security Council. It will be updated as events
warrant.Congressional Research Service
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Kerr, Paul K. Iran's Nuclear Program: Tehran's Compliance with International Obligations, report, May 31, 2016; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc855789/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.