Published on 6/23/2026
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said that the agency will conduct inspections of nuclear facilities in Iran, stressing that accelerating their implementation is necessary in light of the 60-day time frame specified for the agreement between Washington and Tehran.
Grossi added – in an interview with Japanese Public Broadcasting Corporation – that the agency’s top priority is to confirm the location of the highly enriched uranium stock.
He explained that the agency has an idea about the location of highly enriched uranium, but it is important for Iran to inform it of the location, and pointed out that some storage facilities were subjected to attacks and partial destruction, which may require studying the mechanisms for accessing these materials.
He said that the agency will soon hold talks with the Iranian side to determine the dates and details of the inspections.
Grossi stressed that the International Atomic Energy Agency is an independent organization and will carry out inspections on its own, adding that inviting the United States or any other observers to participate in the process remains a decision up to Iran.
Inspectors return
Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s envoy, told members of the US Congress during a secret briefing last Thursday that Iran will invite the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect its nuclear sites, and will begin work to identify and reveal the locations of enriched materials in Tehran.
Witkoff informed leaders in Congress and members of committees related to national security that the memorandum of understanding concluded by the United States with Iran did not include any side agreements, but a side message was drafted between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency, including extending an invitation to the agency.
Two informed sources told the Associated Press that Witkoff revealed during the briefing the existence of the letter and invitation addressed to the Director-General of the Agency, which allows him to bring American nuclear inspectors into Tehran.
The United States and Iran agreed to settle the issue of the fate of the stored enriched materials according to a mechanism agreed upon between the two parties, in accordance with the timetable mentioned in the seventh paragraph, with the minimum methodology being to reduce its concentration in place under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The two parties also agreed to discuss the issue of enrichment and other agreed-upon issues related to Tehran’s nuclear needs, based on a satisfactory framework agreed upon in the final agreement.
