IAEA chief announces visit to Tehran for ‘important political and technical meetings’

September 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, announced this Monday a visit to Tehran, the capital of Iran, to hold “important political and technical meetings” in the context of an increase in the storage of enriched uranium in recent months, according to a report by the agency, which coincides with a time of maximum geopolitical tensions in the Middle East region.

“I have agreed with Iran’s Vice President and President of the country’s Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, on the importance of maintaining our commitment. I will visit Tehran soon for important political and technical meetings,” Grossi posted on his social media account X.

Eslami and Grossi met at an IAEA conference in Vienna, where the head of the country’s atomic agency highlighted Iran’s “broad and honest cooperation” and that the number of inspectors appointed by the agency on Iranian territory “is not comparable to that of any other country.”

The trip, for which there is still no official date confirmed, will mark the first dialogue between the IAEA and Tehran since the election of the new Iranian president, Masud Pezeshkian. The breakdown of the nuclear agreement signed in 2015 with international powers has led in recent years to a practically constant increase in the figures for uranium enriched to 60 percent, a material that, at maximum purity levels (90 percent), can be used to manufacture atomic weapons.