UN watchdog says inspectors will visit Iran nuclear sites

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency signaled Wednesday that its inspectors will be part of the oversight of Iran’s nuclear facilities, a key component of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end the war between the U.S. and Iran. 

Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), pointed to language in the MOU that calls for the IAEA to oversee “downblending” of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium. Nearly 1,000 pounds of highly enriched uranium is believed buried under Iran’s destroyed Isfahan nuclear complex, which was hit in the June 2025 U.S. attacks on the site. 

The MOU “says explicitly that the nuclear activities that are going to be carried out with regards to the nuclear material facilities will be supervised by the IAEA — in all letters,” Grossi told journalists at a news conference at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

“Obviously, to do that, we will have to inspect,” he said. “Whether this happens the day after tomorrow or in one week or in 10 days, it’s important, but not essential. This is going to happen.”

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