The reason for the IAEA Director General's visit to Iran became clear!

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The reason for the IAEA Director General's visit to Iran became clear!

2024.05.06, 15:43

Rafael Grossi, the UN's nuclear watchdog, arrived in Iran on Monday, where he is expected to speak at a conference and meet with officials to discuss Tehran's nuclear program.

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This was reported by "The Times of Israel".

The visit takes place at a time of high regional tensions, with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criticizing Iran for its lack of cooperation on inspections and other outstanding issues.

Grossi, the head of the IAEA, “arrived in Tehran on Monday noon at the head of a delegation to participate in the nuclear conference and negotiate with top nuclear and political officials of the country,” according to the Tasnim news agency. Other media in Iran confirmed his arrival.

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He is scheduled to meet Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian as well as the Islamic Republic’s nuclear chief, Mohammad Eslami. Grossi is also expected to deliver a speech at Iran’s first International Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology.

The three-day event, which starts on Monday, is being held in Isfahan province, home to the Natanz uranium enrichment plant and where strikes attributed to Israel hit last month.

On Wednesday, Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said he was “sure that these negotiations will further help clear ambiguities, and we will be able to strengthen our relations with the agency.”

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Iran in recent years has deactivated IAEA monitoring devices at nuclear facilities and barred inspectors, according to the UN agency. Grossi last visited Iran in March 2023, and met with top officials including President Ebrahim Raisi.

Iran has suspended its compliance with caps on nuclear activities set by a landmark 2015 deal with major powers after the United States in 2018 unilaterally withdrew from the agreement and reimposed sweeping sanctions. Tehran has consistently denied any ambition to develop nuclear weapons, insisting that its atomic activities were entirely peaceful.

In February, the IAEA said in a confidential report seen by AFP that Iran’s estimated stockpile of enriched uranium had reached 27 times the limit set out in the 2015 accord.

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