"A number of activities additional to those currently being carried out by the Agency (IAEA) in Iran will need to be conducted to confirm Iran's undertakings" under the last November Geneva agreement, Reuters reported on Friday, quoting an IAEA report to member states.
The international agency said that "an additional sum of approximately 6mln euros is needed over the next six months" for its activities in relation to the agreement.
Of that amount, "extra budgetary voluntary contributions of about 5.5mln euros are needed," the report added.
Meanwhile, diplomats said that providing the amount would not be an issue, because many IAEA member states have already expressed their willingness to help.
On Sunday, Iran and the six world powers finalized an agreement on ways to implement the Geneva nuclear deal, which the two sides struck in the Swiss city of Geneva on November 24, 2013, from January 20.
On November 24, Iran and the world powers sealed a six-month Joint Plan of Action to lay the groundwork for the full resolution of the West’s decade-old dispute with Iran over its nuclear energy program. In exchange for Tehran’s confidence-building bid to limit certain aspects of its nuclear activities, the Sextet of world powers agreed to lift some of the existing sanctions against Tehran and continue talks with the country to settle all problems between the two sides.
