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An IAEA staff member analyses material in the organization's plutonium laboratory in Austria.
US-Iran deal: technical work can begin, says atomic energy agency
By Daniel Johnson, Geneva 18 June 2026
Peace and SecurityThe head of the UN’s atomic energy agency on Thursday welcomed the signing of an initial Iran-US memorandum aimed at ending the war, before proposing “to sit down” with both parties to assist with concrete measures such as verification of Iran’s nuclear programme, a key sticking point.
