IAEA chief asks member states for more funds to monitor Iran nuclear deal
The head of the UN atomic agency asked member states on Thursday for $5.7 million in extra funding "as soon as possible" to help pay for its monitoring of an extended nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers.
Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia failed last month to meet a self-imposed deadline to end a 12-year dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme, giving themselves seven more months for diplomacy.
As a result, an interim deal reached last year will remain in force. The IAEA is tasked with checking that Iran lives up to its commitments under that preliminary accord to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for some easing of sanctions.
