Massimo Aparo, deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Iran's ambassador to the United Nations agency, Reza Najafi, at a meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna, June 9, 2025. JOE KLAMAR / AFP
More than a month after Iran suspended its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), relations resumed. On Monday, August 11, the IAEA's deputy director, Massimo Aparo, traveled to Tehran, marking the agency's first visit since the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June. According to Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, who was quoted by the Iranian news agency IRNA, after discussions about the "method of interaction between the agency and Iran," both sides agreed to continue consultations.
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The previous day, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had announced the visit would launch "negotiations (…) to define the framework for cooperation," clarifying that no inspections of nuclear sites were planned. Nevertheless, the visit reflected Tehran's willingness to ease tensions with the international community over its nuclear program and to resume negotiations with Washington. Six rounds of talks had already taken place before the war, but they were unsuccessful.
