TOKYO: The interim U.S.-Iran peace accord gives inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog access to Iran, the agency's chief said on Friday (June 26), after Tehran indicated that key sites would remain off-limits until a final deal with Washington is reached and sanctions are lifted.
“This agreement expressly indicates that the nuclear part will be supervised, monitored, by the IAEA," International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said at a news conference in Japan.
Grossi also told reporters in Tokyo that “initial conversations” regarding inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites had taken place. “We hope to be there soon,” he added.
The U.S. and Iran signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding last week setting out broad agreements in principle to end the war. The interim accord paved the way for 60 days of talks aimed at hammering out thornier details, including issues related to Iran's nuclear program.
