As regional tensions continue to escalate, Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is set to visit Iran on Monday.
Rafael Grossi
As regional tensions continue to escalate, Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is set to visit Iran on Monday.
The IAEA is tasked with ensuring the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities. However, since 2021, its oversight capabilities have been severely hindered. Surveillance cameras have been disconnected, and the accreditation of key experts revoked, raising concerns about Tehran's compliance with international norms.
Grossi’s trip is his first to Iran since March 2023 and comes at a time when Iran has been limiting cooperation with the agency. His visit will include a speech at a nuclear energy conference in Isfahan, a city that is notably home to the Natanz uranium enrichment facility. This facility is critical, as Iran has enriched uranium up to 60% purity here—alarmingly close to the 90% needed for weapons-grade material, and well above the 3.67% cap set for power generation.
Relations between Iran and the IAEA have deteriorated significantly over the past year. Tehran continues to escalate its nuclear activities, having accumulated enough fissile material for multiple nuclear weapons, as per the latest reports from the IAEA.
Iran believes reaching an agreement on its nuclear programme with the United States is possible as long as Washington is realistic, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday on the eve of a second round of talks with the Trump administration.
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With his campaign promises unfulfilled to quickly bring peace to Gaza and Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump has turned to another high-profile challenge that could be just as elusive: curbing Iran's escalating nuclear program.
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