WANA (Nov 19) – The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that inspectors from the organization have conducted inspections at facilities that were not targeted by attacks from the United States and the Israeli regime.

 

On Wednesday, at the start of the IAEA Board of Governors’ quarterly meeting, Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, presented his report on Iran’s nuclear program.

 

Grossi said: “Our inspectors have returned to Iran and have carried out inspections at facilities not affected by the June attacks, but more engagement is needed to fully restore the inspection process. We remain in regular contact with Tehran and continue our efforts to fully return to normal verification activities.”

 

Iran’s nuclear facilities in Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan were targeted on June 22 by the U.S. Air Force, as part of the United States’ direct participation in the Israeli regime’s aggression against Iran’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The facilities suffered serious damage, but no increase in external radiation levels was reported.

 

More engagement with Iran is needed

However, Grossi said: “To re-establish full inspections—including at the damaged facilities—more engagement is required, so that Iran can implement its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). I am in regular contact with Tehran and urge Iran to facilitate the Agency’s access to the damaged facilities, especially to its inventory of low-enriched and high-enriched uranium, whose status requires urgent attention.”

 

Referring to the fact that oversight of Iran’s implementation of the 2015 nuclear agreement is no longer on the Board of Governors’ agenda—following the expiration of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which was the legal basis of the deal—the Director General said regarding Iran’s NPT obligations:

 

“On September 9, 2025, in Cairo, I signed an agreement with Mr. Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, which provides an understanding on inspection procedures, notifications, and safeguards implementation in Iran following the June military attacks.”

 

He added: “Since then, Iran has, with prior notice, facilitated the Agency’s access for inspections and design-information verification at nearly all undamaged facilities in Tehran, which is welcome.”

 

No access to damaged facilities

The statement continued: “The Agency has not yet received from Iran the report on the damaged facilities and related nuclear materials, which, under Iran’s safeguards obligations, must be provided without delay. The Agency has not conducted any verification activities at any of Iran’s damaged nuclear facilities.”

 

Grossi, noting “Iran’s cooperation regarding inspections at a number of facilities,” stated: “More constructive engagement is required. I call on Iran to facilitate the full and effective implementation of safeguards activities in Iran in accordance with its NPT safeguards agreement, and I reiterate my willingness to cooperate with Iran in this regard.”

 

Determining the status of Iran’s enriched uranium requires urgent attention

The Director General concluded: “As I have said before, determining the current status of Iran’s inventory of low-enriched and high-enriched uranium requires urgent attention. The Agency’s lack of access to these nuclear materials in Iran for five months means that verification of these materials—according to normal safeguards procedures—has long been delayed.”

 

Grossi’s remarks come after Iran, following the U.S. and Israeli regime’s aggressive attacks on its nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—which were under Iran’s Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the Agency—announced that “Rafael Grossi” had failed to fulfill his legal duties to protect these facilities, and that his biased report paved the way for the June attacks. Based on a resolution passed in the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament), Iran suspended cooperation with the Agency.

 

Tehran later reached an agreement with the Agency in Cairo on new modalities for cooperation, which included granting the Agency access to certain Iranian nuclear facilities—excluding the bombed sites—for monitoring activities.

 

On October 11, Araghchi stated that Iran had suspended the implementation of the Cairo agreement with the Agency. This move followed the restoration of international sanctions against Iran through the activation of the “snapback mechanism” by the European troika (Germany, France, and the United Kingdom).

 

Nevertheless, at the time, Tehran emphasized its readiness to consider proposals for a new agreement with the Agency, although the final decision on the nature of interaction with the Agency lies with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.