It’s up to the International Atomic Energy Agency , headed by Yukiya Amano, to verify that Iran has fulfilled all its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. REUTERS Iran removed the core of its plutonium reactor and filled it with cement Monday, paving the way for economic and financial sanctions to be lifted soon. The work that effectively rendered the reactor at Arak harmless was the last major hurdle for Iran to fulfill its commitments under a landmark deal reached just shy of six months ago in Vienna. The International Atomic Energy Agency must verify that everything was done satisfactorily before U.S. and international sanctions can be lifted. But that is expected to take days, not weeks. “In a few days, we will see the end of the cruel sanctions against Iran,” President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech in southern Iran. “When sanctions end, I will explain to […]