Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of Parliament and head of the negotiating delegation, announced that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors will not be permitted access to Iranian nuclear installations that sustained damage during recent attacks.
In a televised interview, Ghalibaf stated: “We in parliament passed a law ourselves, and the Supreme National Security Council also ratified it. Based on this law, access will absolutely not be granted to sites that have been bombed and damaged. This is the law.”
He also reported on the unfreezing of a portion of Iran’s blocked assets, noting that during his trip to Switzerland, “the OFAC license and the release document for $6 billion of Iran’s frozen assets” were finalized in the presence of US Vice President JD Vance and a US Department of the Treasury deputy.
Ghalibaf’s remarks coincide with the announced conclusion of indirect talks between the Iranian and US delegations in Doha. Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Doha-mediated negotiations have concluded and that consultations on implementing the recent memorandum of understanding will continue.
Following military strikes by the United States and Israel on certain Iranian nuclear facilities, the Islamic Consultative Assembly passed a bill suspending cooperation with the IAEA. Under this legislation, all cooperation with the agency, including inspector access to specific nuclear facilities, is suspended until the “security of nuclear facilities” is ensured and the rights of the Islamic Republic are guaranteed.
