The U.N. nuclear watchdog needs more money to carry out its role under a deal to curtail Iran's nuclear program, its chief Yukiya Amano said on Tuesday, putting the annual cost for the agency at 9.2 million euros ($10.63 million).

The costs for the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) verification and monitoring activities in�Iran�have so far been met through extra-budgetary contributions from member states, Amano said.

He called on member states to provide the IAEA with the money it needed for its work inIran�and said the 800,000 euros per month it had already received would be exhausted by the end of next month.

By Reuters