'Since January 2016, the IAEA has been monitoring and verifying the nuclear-related commitment made by Iran under the JCPOA. The IAEA believes that the JCPOA is some significant gain upon verification, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano told reporters on Sunday.
'I am very happy to come to your country again; I am going to meet with Foreign Minister [Mohammad Javad] Zarif. I am very happy that I had a meeting with vice president Mr. Salehi this morning.'
'The IAEA can state that nuclear-related commitments made by Iran under JCPOA are being implemented.'
'In the morning meeting with Vice President [Ali Akbar] Salehi, I stressed on the importance of the full implementation of these commitments.'
'I will not comment on the remarks of a country, but I can tell you that JCPOA is an agreement between P5+1 and Iran, and the United Nations Security Council supported it, and the IAEA is authorized to monitor and verify the nuclear-related commitments by the Board of Governors of the IAEA,' he said, responding to a question on IAEA's position on US President Donald Trump's anti-Iran remarks and also on IAEA decision to safeguard the deal.
'The IAEA has been monitoring and verifying in impartial, objective and stringent manner in accordance with some modalities defined in the JCPOA and in accordance with the established safeguard standard.'
The visiting IAEA chief arrived in Tehran late on Saturday to hold talks with top Iranian officials including President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
