US EditionUN Nuclear Inspectors Return to Iran for First Time Since Conflict with Israel
The International Atomic Energy Agency resumed inspections in Iran after a suspension triggered by Israeli and US attacks, amid European threats to reinstate nuclear sanctions.
- On August 27, 2025, a group of UN nuclear watchdog inspectors returned to Iran to restart their activities following the 12-day conflict with Israel in June.
- Iran suspended cooperation with the IAEA following the conflict and insists on conditions that fully respect its national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
- Israeli and US attacks damaged some Iranian nuclear facilities, deteriorating ties with the IAEA and derailing nuclear negotiations, while Iran denies ambitions to build nuclear weapons.
- IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stated in an interview, "We are about to restart," noting many facilities exist, with some damaged and some untouched.
- Meanwhile, Iran met with European diplomats amid threats from Britain, France, and Germany to trigger a snapback of sanctions under the 2015 deal by end of August unless compliance concerns are resolved.
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The UN process takes 30 days before sanctions that would cover Iran’s financial, banking, hydrocarbon, and defense sectors are restored. By Reuters and Algemeiner Britain, France, and Germany are likely to begin the process of reimposing UN sanctions on Iran on Thursday but hope Tehran will provide commitments over its nuclear program within 30 days that will convince them to defer concrete action, four diplomats said. The trio, known as the E3,…
IAEA CEO Grossi confirms that international inspectors are once again in the country for the first time since the war in June. But in Tehran they are reluctant.
The United Nations nuclear watchdog IAEA has sent inspectors to Iran for the first time since it ceased cooperation with them following Israel's attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.
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