Iran confirms leak of classified nuclear plan documents

Spokesman of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi has said that Tehran will file a complaint with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the leak of confidential documents regarding its long-term nuclear plan.

“The details that were published were secret and could have been kept confidential,” Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported Kamalvandi as saying.

“Our assumption is that it has been leaked by the (IAEA) agency,” he added.

AEOI Chief Ali Akbar Salehi said: “We do not intend to announce the plan ourselves. If the other side does it, it will be a breach of promise, but then again, our people will be informed about our correct and appropriate predictions in regard to the development of our nuclear industry.”

“Of course, we have agreed to confidentially inform the joint commission related to the JCPOA about the plan,” he added.

Last week, the Associated Press news agency exposed what is considered a classified document which revealed that key restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program imposed under an internationally negotiated deal will start to ease years before the 15-year accord expires.