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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said Monday that the agency has received no information from Iran on the status of declared nuclear material or facilities during the latest reporting period and has been unable to access the sites for verification.
“During this reporting period, the agency received no information from Iran regarding the status of declared nuclear material or facilities and was unable to access any of these facilities to conduct verification activities on the ground,” Grossi said at the opening of the IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna.
Grossi said more than a year has passed since the agency lost continuity of knowledge over uranium inventories at facilities affected by U.S. and Israeli attacks in June 2025.
He urged Iran to cooperate constructively with the IAEA and called for a return to diplomacy to resolve issues surrounding the country’s nuclear program.
Speaking to reporters after the Board of Governors meeting, Grossi said Iran had still not provided information on damage to nuclear facilities or on its nuclear material inventory.
He said the Cairo Agreement required Tehran to provide such information, including whether the inventory had changed following the attacks and why the agency had been unable to access the facilities.
Asked about a possible decision to refer Iran’s nuclear file to the U.N. Security Council, Grossi noted that no such resolution had yet been adopted. He said he remained neutral on Board of Governors decisions and would continue the agency’s work on Iran regardless of the outcome.
Grossi said inspector safety was not an insurmountable obstacle to verification work.
“We will not put anyone in danger,” he said.
He said Iran had signaled it would not cooperate until agreement was reached in broader political negotiations, but rejected that position.
“We do not accept this logic. Iran remains a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and its obligations have not disappeared,” Grossi said.
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