WANA (Jun 22) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tehran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will continue under existing procedures and in accordance with parliamentary legislation and decisions of the Supreme National Security Council.

 

Earlier, the U.S. Vice President and Treasury Secretary claimed that Tehran had agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into the country.

 

Speaking at a press conference at the Bürgenstock hotel, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said, “The Iranians have agreed to invite International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors back into their country.”

 

Responding to questions on the matter, Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for the Iranian negotiating team, said: “Iran’s interactions with the Agency, in line with its obligations under safeguard agreements, will continue according to the existing framework and in compliance with the resolutions of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the decisions of the Supreme National Security Council.”

 

According to officials familiar with the content of Saturday’s talks in Switzerland, Tehran did not negotiate on its nuclear file during the 18-hour negotiations and did not accept any new commitments.

 

The start of nuclear negotiations under the framework of the Islamabad Memorandum aimed at ending the war between Iran and the United States remains contingent on the implementation of Article 13 of the agreement.

 

Officials also noted that cooperation between Iran and the IAEA has never been completely suspended over the past year, including after the 12-day war.

 

Under the “Law Requiring the Government to Suspend Cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency,” adopted on June 25, 2025, Tehran has, on a case-by-case basis and subject to approval by the Supreme National Security Council, invited IAEA inspectors to visit active nuclear facilities in Iran.

 

Over the year since the law’s adoption, IAEA inspectors, with the approval of the Supreme National Security Council, have conducted several inspections at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, monitoring the loading of reactor fuel supplied by Russia.

 

As a result, inspections of active Iranian nuclear facilities are not a new development, and Tehran has consistently cooperated with the Agency regarding visits to such sites.

 

However, inspections of damaged nuclear facilities and arrangements concerning Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium remain dependent on reaching a specific mechanism in the final agreement to be negotiated following the 60-day talks envisioned under the Islamabad Memorandum.