The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said a team of its inspectors are “back in Iran,” the first to enter since the US-Israeli aggression on the Islamic Republic last June.
Iran suspended cooperation with the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency following a 12-day Israeli war which the US also entered by striking Iranian nuclear facilities.
Tehran said the move was due to the IAEA’s failure to condemn Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear facilities.
“Now the first team of IAEA inspectors is back in Iran, and we are about to restart,” director general Rafael Grossi tells Fox News’ “The Story.”
2️⃣ IAEA inspector team returns to Iran — Grossi
“We have been discussing it with Iran. The first team of IAEA inspectors is back, and we are about to restart inspections,” Director General Rafael Grossi told Fox News pic.twitter.com/QrhNFGDtsF
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“When it comes to Iran, as you know, there are many facilities. Some were attacked, some were not,” Grossi says.
“So we are discussing what kind of… practical modalities can be implemented in order to facilitate the restart of our work there.”
According to Iranian media, it is not yet clear whether these statements mean a formal agreement between Iran and the Agency for the return of inspectors or just a prediction by the Agency’s Director General in this regard.
Source: Agencies (edited by Al-Manar)
