Iran to stop implementing Additional Protocol at 2030 GMT - official

Iran said on Monday it will end at 2030 GMT the implementation of the Additional Protocol that allows the U.N. nuclear watchdog to carry out snap-inspections at sites not declared to the agency, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. "As of midnight tonight (2030 GMT), we will not have... Necessary orders have been issued to the nuclear facilities," Tasnim quoted Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's envoy at the International Atomic Energy Agency as saying.

Iran said on Monday it will end at 2030 GMT the implementation of the Additional Protocol that allows the U.N. nuclear watchdog to carry out snap-inspections at sites not declared to the agency, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

"As of midnight tonight (2030 GMT), we will not have... commitments beyond safeguards. Necessary orders have been issued to the nuclear facilities," Tasnim quoted Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's envoy at the International Atomic Energy Agency as saying. (Writing by Parisa Hafezi, Editing by Franklin Paul)