IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said Wednesday that nuclear inspectors would have to be in Iran to implement a resolution to Iran's stockpile of enriched nuclear material, in line with the preliminary U.S.-Iran peace agreement. File photo by Max Slovencik/EPA
June 24 (UPI) -- The United Nation's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, confirmed Wednesday that its inspectors would conduct checks on Iran's nuclear sites in line with a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said that, given the MoU specifically states that the IAEA will oversee the in-country neutralizing of Iran's stockpile of enriched material, an inspections regime would have to be established but stressed that he could not say when the work would get underway.
"Whether this happens the day after tomorrow or in one week or in 10 days, it's important, but not essential. This is going to happen, of course, if they want to comply with the agreement. If they don't want, it's another matter," said Grossi.
Senior Iranian negotiator and deputy foreign minister Kazeem Gharibabadi said his team had not met with Grossi during round one of U.S.-Iran talks at the weekend in Switzerland and reiterated comments by a colleague on Tuesday that Tehran had no plans to permit access to nuclear sites damaged in U.S. strikes in March and April during the war and in June 2025.
