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UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran inspections agreement ‘terribly difficult’
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Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivers opening remarks during the inauguration of the watchdog's visitor center, in Seibersdorf, outside Vienna, Austria, September 17, 2025. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi says that reaching an accord with Iran on inspections of its processing facilities is possible but “terribly difficult.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency director general tells the Munich Security Conference that inspectors had returned to Iran after attacks by Israeli and US forces last year but had not been able to visit any of the sites that were targeted.
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