UN inspectors return to Iran after Israel’s nuclear site attacks, no deal on inspections
The return, amid ongoing tensions and stalled negotiations, marks a critical step in restoring oversight after Israel’s attacks
UN nuclear inspectors have returned to Iran for the first time since it suspended cooperation with them in the wake of Israel’s attacks on its nuclear sites, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told lawmakers Tehran had still not reached an agreement on how it would resume full work with the UN’s IAEA watchdog, the parliament news agency ICANA reported.
But he said the inspectors would supervise the changing of fuel at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, according to the report.
Araqchi’s comments come a day after Iran met with France, Britain and Germany to try to revive negotiations over its nuclear programme, – which Western powers say is aimed at developing a bomb, but it says is focused on civilian projects.
Iran has said it needs a new cooperation agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after the 12-day air war in June with Israel that was shortly joined by the United States.