{"id":355801,"date":"2026-06-24T18:40:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=355801"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:40:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:10:43","slug":"un-nuclear-head-says-inspections-of-iran-sites-is-going-to-occur-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/un-nuclear-head-says-inspections-of-iran-sites-is-going-to-occur-national\/","title":{"rendered":"UN nuclear head says inspections of Iran sites is \u2018going to occur\u2019 – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The top of the U.N.\u2019s nuclear agency signaled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites can be visited by his inspectors, a key component within the interim U.S.-Iran to achieve\u00a0an end to the war. But an Iranian diplomat promptly rejected this, saying such a visit can only come after a final deal \u2014 a denial that highlighted the precariousness of the continued negotiations.<\/p>\n

The remarks by International Atomic Energy Agency head\u00a0Rafael Mariano Grossi\u00a0was the firmest yet from the United Nations agency, which is viewed as key in determining the status of Iran\u2019s nuclear stockpile.<\/p>\n

Since Israel launched a 12-day war on Iran in 2025, the IAEA has been blocked by Tehran from visiting enrichment sites where the Islamic Republic is believed to store enough highly enriched uranium to potentially construct as many as 10 nuclear weapons, should it decide to rush for the bomb. Iran long has maintained that its program is peaceful, though it’s the only country on this planet to have uranium enriched as much as 60 per cent purity and not using a weapons program.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. and Iran offered\u00a0contradictory remarks\u00a0Tuesday about whether those sites can be inspected. Grossi acknowledged the contradictions, calling it a \u201cdisagreement\u201d for the time being.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI can understand political statements, they’re a part of the truth, but the elemental thing I would really like to remind you and draw your attention to is that there was a Memorandum of Understanding, signed by each presidents,\u201d he told journalists at a news conference on the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n

The accord \u201csays explicitly that the nuclear activities which might be going to be carried out as regards to the nuclear material facilities will likely be supervised by the IAEA \u2014 in all letters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Grossi added: \u201cObviously, to do this, we can have to examine. Whether this happens the day after tomorrow or in a single week or in 10 days, it\u2019s vital, but not essential. That is going to occur.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Those inspections are key for the deal, which calls for Iran\u2019s stockpile of uranium to be \u201cdownblended\u201d from highly enriched levels.<\/p>\n

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Kazem Gharibabadi, a Iranian deputy foreign minister, took his own shot at Grossi after his remarks, saying Tehran didn\u2019t meet with him while in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese issues will likely be reviewed and decided only inside the framework of a final agreement and in consequence of practical motion by the opposite side to finish all sanctions and other measures.\u201d Gharibabadi wrote on X.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cYou can not advance the \u2018fire up and take over\u2019 policy with media hype.\u201d<\/p>\n

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