Iran says it has removed core from Arak reactor in key nuclear deal step

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By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran has removed the sensitive core of its Arak nuclear reactor and U.N. inspectors will visit the site on Thursday to verify the move crucial to the implementation of Tehran's atomic agreement with major powers, state television said on Thursday. "The core vessel of the Arak reactor has been removed ... and IAEA inspectors will visit the site to verify it and report it to the IAEA ... We are ready for the implementation day of the deal," spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Behrouz Kamalvandi said. Kamalvandi said "Implementation Day," when Iran will start to get relief from international sanctions in exchange for curtailing its nuclear program under the July 2015 agreement, would come "very soon." In Washington, State Department spokesman John Kirby concurred, saying "I do think we're very close" to Implementation Day.




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