UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief May Soon Visit Iran to Discuss Unresolved Issues

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has announced he may travel to Iran in the coming days to discuss unresolved questions about Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and long-suspected intention to build an atomic bomb, Reuters reports.

In making his announcement, International Atomic Energy Agency Chief Rafael Grossi said he had hoped to go to Tehran before the November 5 election won by Republican candidate Donald Trump.

It remains to be seen what President-elect Trump’s policy toward Iran will be in his second term, which is set to begin in January 2025. During his first term, Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Iran deal and reimposed sanctions that had been lifted in the hopes that Tehran would fall into line with the West’s demands for transparency and limits to its nuclear program. Current US President Biden sought unsuccessfully to revive the deal during his tenure.

According to Reuters, Iranian officials have welcomed a visit from Grossi, adding they are willing to cooperate with the IAEA. “Issues at stake include Tehran’s barring of uranium-enrichment experts from IAEA inspection teams in the country and its failure for years to explain uranium traces found at undeclared sites,” Reuters noted.

“We are already talking to colleagues in Iran for my next visit maybe in a few days. We still have to confirm the time but this will be done,” Grossi told a news conference in Rome on Wednesday.

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