“Whether it will happen tomorrow, next week or ten days from now is an important, but not essential question. It will happen,” R. Grossi emphasized at a press conference in Japan on Wednesday.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in Tehran on Tuesday that there are currently no plans for IAEA inspections of war-damaged nuclear facilities. Among them are facilities that store near-nuclear weapons-grade uranium.
Meanwhile, the head of the IAEA drew attention to the memorandum between the United States and Iran, according to which uranium will have to be at least diluted under the supervision of the IAEA. This was agreed upon by the leaders of Iran and the United States.
“It goes without saying that we will have to carry out inspections because of this,” noted R. Grossis. He added that the inspections would be carried out in cooperation with the Iranian government.
On Monday, US Vice President JD Vance announced that Iran would allow UN nuclear inspectors to return to the country. There is no corresponding schedule yet. Meanwhile, Iran’s UN ambassador Ali Bahreini said Tehran has not yet agreed to send inspectors to monitor nuclear activities. Whether the inspectors will go to Iran again is subject to negotiations by the task force, which is yet to convene, he added.
According to the IAEA, Iran has 440 kg of highly enriched uranium with a purity of about 60 percent. After enriching uranium to 90 percent, this amount, according to experts, would be enough to make several nuclear bombs. Tehran denies such plans, and the framework agreement also pledged not to develop or acquire nuclear weapons.
