The International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors seen at site of the uranium conversion plant in Isfahan, central Iran, in February 2007. IAEA inspectors left the country in 2025, and Iran said Tuesday that there has been no change in its relationship with the nuclear watchdog agency. File Photo by UPI | License Photo
June 23 (UPI) -- Iran on Tuesday said there has been no change in its relationship with the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, denying claims made by U.S. Vice President JD Vance that Tehran has agreed to permit inspectors to return.
"Iran's interactions with the agency, in accordance with Iran's obligations under the Safeguards Agreement, will continue according to existing procedures and comply with the laws enacted by the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the decisions of the Supreme National Security Council," Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei told the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors departed Iran on July 4, 2025, two days after Iran suspended cooperation with the U.N. agency, after it found Tehran was in non-compliance with its nuclear safeguards agreement and in the wake of Israel's attacks on its nuclear facilities the month prior.
