Iran conditions IAEA inspectors return on security council approval

21/8/2025 7:41

Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday that inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) could return to Iran with approval from the country's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).



Araghchi's remarks, made in an interview with Iran's official news agency IRNA, came amid suspended cooperation between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog following Iran's parliamentary legislation in late June.



Iran cannot completely stop cooperation with the IAEA, Araghchi said, noting that upcoming fuel replacement at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant will require IAEA inspectors' presence.



Any IAEA inspection requests for nuclear facilities not recently attacked by Israel and the United States will be submitted to the SNSC for conditional approval, he said.