UN nuclear chief says inspectors will visit Iran sites as part of war deal
Recently, there has been a dispute between the USA and Iran over the visit of UN nuclear inspectors to facilities in the country.
On Monday, after meeting with Iran’s chief negotiator in Switzerland, US Vice President J.D. Vance said Iran “has agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back to their country.”
The next day, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said there had been “no detailed discussions” and that Iran had no plans to grant IAEA inspectors access to nuclear facilities bombed by the United States during a 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June 2025.
US President Donald Trump later rejected Iran’s “protests and misrepresentations to the contrary”, saying the country “completely and completely accepts” the inspections.
“There is war or talk here. Some say ‘yes’, others say ‘no’,” the IAEA chief said on Wednesday. he said. “I can understand political statements. They are part of reality.
“But the important thing is that there is a memorandum of understanding signed by both presidents,” he added. “[It] It clearly states in bold letters that nuclear activities regarding nuclear materials and facilities will be inspected by the IAEA. This will happen.”
Grossi said that the inspections will be carried out in cooperation and collaboration with the Iranian government. “It is important but not essential that this happens the day after tomorrow, in a week or in 10 days.”
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Garibabadi opposed these comments.
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“Media noise cannot be used to establish facts,” he added.
Under the 14-article memorandum of understanding, the United States and Iran committed to negotiate a final agreement within 60 days.
It states that they “agreed that the stockpiled enriched material will be disposed of with a minimum methodology for down-blending on site under the supervision of the IAEA, in accordance with a mutually agreed upon mechanism.”
The IAEA said in a recent report:, external He said inspectors were allowed to visit Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant earlier this month but were still denied access to sensitive nuclear facilities that were bombed last June.
This means Iran cannot provide any information about the current size, composition or whereabouts of its enriched uranium stockpile, or whether Iran has suspended all enrichment activities, the watchdog said. Most of the stockpiles are believed to be in underground tunnels in the Isfahan region.
Enriched uranium can be used in making nuclear weapons as well as reactor fuel.
Before the US-Israeli war with Iran began on February 28, the IAEA reported that Iran had 440 kg (970 lbs) of uranium enriched to 60% purity, which is near weapons grade. This would theoretically be enough for up to 10 bombs if enriched to 90%.
Iran insists that its nuclear activities are entirely peaceful and that it will never seek to develop or acquire nuclear weapons.
Under a 2015 deal with the United States and five other world powers, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear activities and allow constant and robust monitoring by IAEA inspectors in exchange for easing economic sanctions.
But Trump abandoned the deal and reimposed US sanctions during his first term in 2018, saying it did too little to stop the path to the bomb.
Iran retaliated by increasingly violating the agreement’s restrictions, especially those on uranium enrichment.
