Iran, IAEA announce agreement on resuming nuclear inspections
Author:RhondaPublished:September 10, 2025
The agreement comes against the backdrop of an ongoing threat by European powers to re-impose wide-ranging sanctions against Iran.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi looks on during a news conference with Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami as they meet in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2023.(photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA/REUTERS)ByREUTERSIran and the UN nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday they had reached a deal on resuming inspections at sites including those bombed by the US and Israel but gave no specifics, and Tehran warned the West the deal was off if sanctions were re-imposed.The agreement, struck between International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi at a meeting in Cairo, should in principle pave the way for a full resumption of inspections interrupted by the military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June.
Diplomats warned, however, that the devil was in the detail and neither Grossi not Araqchi provided any at a joint press conference on their agreement covering what the IAEA has been calling “modalities” on how inspections can resume.
