Iran: No IAEA access to bombed nuclear sites without a concrete deal

By AFP 20 November 2025, 5:10 pm

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PlanetScope imagery of Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, captured June 13, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC)

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that the UN’s nuclear watchdog will not be given access to Iranian nuclear sites attacked during the recent war with Israel without a concrete deal being agreed.

“The facilities that were attacked have their own story, and until a decision is made and a conclusion is reached between us, the IAEA, and others, cooperation is not possible,” he says in an interview posted on his Telegram channel today.

In the interview, conducted before a resolution was adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency demanding access to the sites, Araghchi does not elaborate on what such an agreement would entail.