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IAEA pulls inspectors from Iran as standoff over access drags on
The UN nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had pulled its last remaining inspectors from Iran as a standoff over their return to the country's nuclear facilities bombed by the United States and Israel deepens. Israel launched its first military strikes on Iran's nuclear sites in a 12-day war with t
IAEA pulls inspectors from Iran as standoff over access drags on
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Jul 04, 2025 23:04
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Jul 04, 2025 23:04
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi waits for an emergency meeting of the agency’s Board of Governors to discuss the situation in Iran following the US attacks on the country’s nuclear facilities, at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 23, 2025. Photo : REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl/Files
The UN nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had pulled its last remaining inspectors from Iran as a standoff over their return to the country's nuclear facilities bombed by the United States and Israel deepens.
Israel launched its first military strikes on Iran's nuclear sites in a 12-day war with the Islamic Republic three weeks ago. The International Atomic Energy Agency's inspectors have not been able to inspect Iran's facilities since then, even though IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has said that is his top priority.
Iran's parliament has now passed a law to suspend cooperation with the IAEA until the safety of its nuclear facilities can be guaranteed. While the IAEA says Iran has not yet formally informed it of any suspension, it is unclear when the agency's inspectors will be able to return to Iran.
"An IAEA team of inspectors today safely departed from Iran to return to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, after staying in Tehran throughout the recent military conflict," the IAEA said on X.
Diplomats said the number of IAEA inspectors in Iran was reduced to a handful after the June 13 start of the war. Some have also expressed concern about the inspectors' safety since the end of the conflict, given fierce criticism of the agency by Iranian officials and Iranian media.
Iran has accused the agency of effectively paving the way for the bombings by issuing a damning report on May 31 that led to a resolution by the IAEA's 35-nation Board of Governors declaring Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has said he stands by the report. He has denied it provided diplomatic cover for military action.
IAEA WANTS TALKS
Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday Iran remained committed to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
"(Grossi) reiterated the crucial importance of the IAEA discussing with Iran modalities for resuming its indispensable monitoring and verification activities in Iran as soon as possible," the IAEA said.
The US and Israeli military strikes either destroyed or badly damaged Iran's three uranium enrichment sites. But it was less clear what has happened to much of Iran's nine tonnes of enriched uranium, especially the more than 400 kg enriched to up to 60 per cent purity, a short step from weapons grade.
That is enough, if enriched further, for nine nuclear weapons, according to an IAEA yardstick. Iran says its aims are entirely peaceful but Western powers say there is no civil justification for enriching to such a high level, and the IAEA says no country has done so without developing the atom bomb.
As a party to the NPT, Iran must account for its enriched uranium, which normally is closely monitored by the IAEA, the body that enforces the NPT and verifies countries' declarations. But the bombing of Iran's facilities has now muddied the waters.
"We cannot afford that .... the inspection regime is interrupted," Grossi told a press conference in Vienna last week.
REUTERS
Published :
Jul 04, 2025 23:04
Updated :
Jul 04, 2025 23:04
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi waits for an emergency meeting of the agency’s Board of Governors to discuss the situation in Iran following the US attacks on the country’s nuclear facilities, at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 23, 2025. Photo : REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl/Files
The UN nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had pulled its last remaining inspectors from Iran as a standoff over their return to the country's nuclear facilities bombed by the United States and Israel deepens.
Israel launched its first military strikes on Iran's nuclear sites in a 12-day war with the Islamic Republic three weeks ago. The International Atomic Energy Agency's inspectors have not been able to inspect Iran's facilities since then, even though IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has said that is his top priority.
Iran's parliament has now passed a law to suspend cooperation with the IAEA until the safety of its nuclear facilities can be guaranteed. While the IAEA says Iran has not yet formally informed it of any suspension, it is unclear when the agency's inspectors will be able to return to Iran.
"An IAEA team of inspectors today safely departed from Iran to return to the Agency headquarters in Vienna, after staying in Tehran throughout the recent military conflict," the IAEA said on X.
Diplomats said the number of IAEA inspectors in Iran was reduced to a handful after the June 13 start of the war. Some have also expressed concern about the inspectors' safety since the end of the conflict, given fierce criticism of the agency by Iranian officials and Iranian media.
Iran has accused the agency of effectively paving the way for the bombings by issuing a damning report on May 31 that led to a resolution by the IAEA's 35-nation Board of Governors declaring Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has said he stands by the report. He has denied it provided diplomatic cover for military action.
IAEA WANTS TALKS
Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday Iran remained committed to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
"(Grossi) reiterated the crucial importance of the IAEA discussing with Iran modalities for resuming its indispensable monitoring and verification activities in Iran as soon as possible," the IAEA said.
The US and Israeli military strikes either destroyed or badly damaged Iran's three uranium enrichment sites. But it was less clear what has happened to much of Iran's nine tonnes of enriched uranium, especially the more than 400 kg enriched to up to 60 per cent purity, a short step from weapons grade.
That is enough, if enriched further, for nine nuclear weapons, according to an IAEA yardstick. Iran says its aims are entirely peaceful but Western powers say there is no civil justification for enriching to such a high level, and the IAEA says no country has done so without developing the atom bomb.
As a party to the NPT, Iran must account for its enriched uranium, which normally is closely monitored by the IAEA, the body that enforces the NPT and verifies countries' declarations. But the bombing of Iran's facilities has now muddied the waters.
"We cannot afford that .... the inspection regime is interrupted," Grossi told a press conference in Vienna last week.
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FM Araqchi says Iran to work with IAEA, but inspections may be risky
Iran plans to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog despite restrictions imposed by its parliament, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday, but stressed that access to its bombed nuclear sites posed security and safety issues. The new law stipulates that any future inspection of
FM Araqchi says Iran to work with IAEA, but inspections may be risky
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Jul 12, 2025 22:32
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Jul 12, 2025 22:32
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia Jun 23, 2025. Photo : Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via REUTERS
Iran plans to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog despite restrictions imposed by its parliament, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday, but stressed that access to its bombed nuclear sites posed security and safety issues.
The new law stipulates that any future inspection of Iran's nuclear sites by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) needs approval by the Supreme National Security Council, Iran's top security body.
"The risk of spreading radioactive materials and the risk of exploding leftover munitions ... are serious," state media cited Araqchi as saying. "For us, IAEA inspectors approaching nuclear sites has both a security aspect ... and the safety of the inspectors themselves is a matter that must be examined."
While Iran's cooperation with the nuclear watchdog has not stopped, it will take a new form and will be guided and managed through the Supreme National Security Council, Araqchi told Tehran-based diplomats.
REUTERS
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Jul 12, 2025 22:32
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Jul 12, 2025 22:32
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia Jun 23, 2025. Photo : Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via REUTERS
Iran plans to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog despite restrictions imposed by its parliament, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday, but stressed that access to its bombed nuclear sites posed security and safety issues.
The new law stipulates that any future inspection of Iran's nuclear sites by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) needs approval by the Supreme National Security Council, Iran's top security body.
"The risk of spreading radioactive materials and the risk of exploding leftover munitions ... are serious," state media cited Araqchi as saying. "For us, IAEA inspectors approaching nuclear sites has both a security aspect ... and the safety of the inspectors themselves is a matter that must be examined."
While Iran's cooperation with the nuclear watchdog has not stopped, it will take a new form and will be guided and managed through the Supreme National Security Council, Araqchi told Tehran-based diplomats.
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I refuse to now live in these countries man.
Bhai in ko mubarak ho in k apnay mulk........Mashallah.....so soweet ass no?
Iranis/ Armenian/ Lebanese/ AL-Gurdish logon ko to kuchh nahi boltay ye cuz all four not muzlim.
Iran needs to evict all third class afghani/ pakistani/ iraqi/ turkish central asian migrants and bring in secular/ smart people into the country and put em to work, just like how the US does.
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Rubbish man this pig. Junk yard propaganda.
Its like sayin dat Ukraine is winnin against Rhusshian?
Achha bhai........
Or traveling Clatt ka suar or Patrick Lund Beth winning against Iran?
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Iran is totally infiltrated.
When I call it an Islamic UN, it has historic connotations.
Persia was the crossroads of all Islamic conquests.
And the jewel of Imperial Islam.
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Russia slams report it backed ‘zero enrichment’ Iran N-deal
Russia’s foreign affairs ministry on Sunday described reports claiming that president Vladimir Putin had encouraged his Iranian ally to accept a ‘zero enrichment’ agreement on its nuclear programme as ‘defamation’...
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Russia slams report it backed ‘zero enrichment’ Iran N-deal
Agence France-Presse . Moscow 13 July, 2025, 22:57
Russia’s foreign affairs ministry on Sunday described reports claiming that president Vladimir Putin had encouraged his Iranian ally to accept a ‘zero enrichment’ agreement on its nuclear programme as ‘defamation’.
US news outlet Axios reported on Saturday, citing three anonymous sources familiar with the matter, that Putin had ‘encouraged’ Iran to accept a deal with the United States that would prevent the Islamic republic from enriching uranium.
The article ‘appears to be a new political defamation campaign aimed at exacerbating tensions around Iran’s nuclear program’, the Russian ministry of foreign affairs said on Sunday.
‘Invariably and repeatedly, we have emphasised the necessity of resolving the crisis concerning Iran’s nuclear program exclusively through political and diplomatic means, and expressed our willingness to help find mutually acceptable solutions,’ the statement read.
Tehran is suspected by Western countries and Israel of seeking to develop an atomic bomb, which it denies, defending its ‘non-negotiable’ right to develop a civilian nuclear programme.
Moscow has a cordial relationship with Iran’s clerical leadership and provides crucial backing for Tehran but did not swing forcefully behind its partner even after the United States joined Israel’s bombing campaign in June.
Publicly, Moscow has defended Tehran’s right to use nuclear technology for civilian purposes but in recent months, Putin has also drawn closer to US president Donald Trump.
On June 13, Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iran, triggering a 12-day war.
The conflict halted negotiations initiated in April between Tehran and Washington to frame Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions against Iran.
On June 22, the United States bombed the underground uranium enrichment site at Fordo, south of Tehran, and nuclear facilities in Isfahan and Natanz.
The exact extent of the damage is not known.
Agence France-Presse . Moscow 13 July, 2025, 22:57
Russia’s foreign affairs ministry on Sunday described reports claiming that president Vladimir Putin had encouraged his Iranian ally to accept a ‘zero enrichment’ agreement on its nuclear programme as ‘defamation’.
US news outlet Axios reported on Saturday, citing three anonymous sources familiar with the matter, that Putin had ‘encouraged’ Iran to accept a deal with the United States that would prevent the Islamic republic from enriching uranium.
The article ‘appears to be a new political defamation campaign aimed at exacerbating tensions around Iran’s nuclear program’, the Russian ministry of foreign affairs said on Sunday.
‘Invariably and repeatedly, we have emphasised the necessity of resolving the crisis concerning Iran’s nuclear program exclusively through political and diplomatic means, and expressed our willingness to help find mutually acceptable solutions,’ the statement read.
Tehran is suspected by Western countries and Israel of seeking to develop an atomic bomb, which it denies, defending its ‘non-negotiable’ right to develop a civilian nuclear programme.
Moscow has a cordial relationship with Iran’s clerical leadership and provides crucial backing for Tehran but did not swing forcefully behind its partner even after the United States joined Israel’s bombing campaign in June.
Publicly, Moscow has defended Tehran’s right to use nuclear technology for civilian purposes but in recent months, Putin has also drawn closer to US president Donald Trump.
On June 13, Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iran, triggering a 12-day war.
The conflict halted negotiations initiated in April between Tehran and Washington to frame Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions against Iran.
On June 22, the United States bombed the underground uranium enrichment site at Fordo, south of Tehran, and nuclear facilities in Isfahan and Natanz.
The exact extent of the damage is not known.
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Many saying the old dead wood is gone! with guys who came into being back in the 80's and 90's......
Younger Iranians will take over now and form a new Persian identity no?
So dead wood was removed.
If you don't constantly innovate/ change/ adapt doc........yous not goin last......not on dis planet.
Irans gotta stop colludz infiltration......that is da biggest threat.....not that Israeli semite joker.
