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Iranian atomic chief has said that the Islamic Republic will not violate the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA/nuclear) unless the westerners breach it.

“We will not break our promises [nuclear deal], unless the opposite party does it,” Tasnim news agency quoted Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) as saying at a joint press conference with Yukiya Amano, the head of UN nuclear watchdog body, in Tehran.

He also added that his country is capable of producing a proper reaction.

Briefing the journalists at his meeting with Amano this morning, the Iranian chief said that the sides have reviewed the existing ties and discussed the Islamic Republic’s activities on heavy water, enriching uranium, as well as research and development (R&D).

He further denied rumors suggesting that Amano is in Tehran to convey a US message, adding that the sides have exchanged views on Iran’s decision to make nuclear propulsion devices during the meeting this morning.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says that Yukiya Amano has arrived in Tehran to hold meetings over the implementation of last year’s nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group of world countries.

Earlier on Dec 13, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) to plan work on nuclear propulsion devices to be used in sea transport in response to the US “violation” of the last year’s nuclear deal.

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