Iran’s ‘Galloping’ Nuclear Program Getting Away From UN Watchdog, Agency Warns

Says Rafael Grossi: ‘It is going to be very difficult for me to reconstruct the puzzle.’

AP/Hiro Komae
The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, May 19, 2022. AP/Hiro Komae

The United Nation atomic watchdog’s chief, Rafael Grossi, doubts that his agency would be able to resume effective inspection of Iran’s “galloping” nuclear program even if — and it’s a big if — Tehran decided to renew the 2015 nuclear deal. 

Last month the board of directors of the International Atomic Energy Agency opted to censure Iran for blocking inspections of its nuclear program. Tehran retaliated by shutting down the Vienna-based agency’s 28 monitoring cameras and other inspection devices installed at Iranian facilities. Now inspection will be difficult to renew successfully even if the equipment is restored, Mr. Grossi says. 

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