Iran allows IAEA access to nuclear facilities

The International Atomic Energy Agency has resumed inspection activities in Iran, but remains unable to access several of the country’s most sensitive nuclear sites, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said.

According to him, inspectors had returned to some facilities but were restricted to sites that were not damaged in the attacks.

“We are only allowed to access sites that were not hit,” the IAEA chief said, calling the resumption important.

“These other three sites - Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow - are even more significant, since they still contain substantial amounts of nuclear material and equipment, and we need to return there," Grossi said.

The IAEA chief said determining whether there had been “any practical progress” in restoring full inspections remained the agency’s most pressing issue in Iran.