Iran has removed excess centrifuges and infrastructure from the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant in line with its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The JCPOA required Iran, within one year from Implementation Day, to complete the removal of all excess centrifuges and infrastructure from the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant and to transfer them to storage at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant under continuous Agency monitoring.
The IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano confirms that 'on 15 January 2017, the Agency verified that Iran has taken these actions related to Fordow' and that 'Iran has carried out these steps within the timeframe stipulated under the JCPOA.'
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