Bennett speaks to IAEA chief, urges body to remain impartial as Vienna talks apex

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks at a press conference after the IAEA Board of Governors meeting on the Situation in Ukraine at the Agency's headquarters in the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria, on March 2, 2022. (Lisa Leutner/AP)
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks at a press conference after the IAEA Board of Governors meeting on the Situation in Ukraine at the Agency's headquarters in the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria, on March 2, 2022. (Lisa Leutner/AP)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks on the phone with IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi urging him not to cave to reported Iranian demands that the agency close its open cases into possible Iranian nuclear violations.

Bennett “also emphasized Israel’s expectation that the IAEA act as a professional and impartial supervisory body,” the Israeli readout adds.

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