Iran on Tuesday, June 23, said it has no plans to allow UN nuclear inspectors to visit key damaged nuclear facilities.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran had not agreed to any inspections of the sites and had made no commitments regarding its nuclear programme during the latest round of talks in Switzerland.
“We have not had a meeting with the director general of the IAEA, nor do we have any plans for the agency to inspect Iran’s nuclear facilities damaged by the US and Zionist military aggression,” Baghaei reportedly told reporters.
The comments appeared to push back against claims by US Vice President JD Vance that Iran had agreed to invite inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) back after restricting access to facilities struck during the 12-day war last year. The extent of damage from the attacks then is not clear.
Iran’s ambassador to the UN, Ali Bahreini, also said there had been no decision to allow such inspections.
Baghaei added that any future interaction with the IAEA would take place strictly under regulations set by Iran’s parliament and Supreme National Security Council. He also disputed recent remarks by US President Donald Trump, including claims that Iran had agreed to inspections and that any released Iranian funds would be used to purchase US agricultural products.
The remarks come a day after Iran and the US concluded a first round of talks in Switzerland to end the war and reach a final agreement within 60 days.
As part of the preliminary understanding, Washington has agreed to release $12 billion in frozen Iranian funds. Tehran has insisted it alone will decide how any unfrozen assets are used, though Trump claimed they will be used to buy agricultural goods from the US.
(Edited by : Tenzin Norzom)