Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the Worldwide Atomic Power Company, speaks to journalists attending a weeklong seminar on the company in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Might 28, 2025.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Iranian Overseas Minister spoke by cellphone with the director of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog company early Sunday morning after a report from the company stated Iran is additional growing its stockpile of uranium enriched to close weapons-grade ranges.
Writing on Telegram, Abbas Araghchi stated he burdened Iran’s “steady cooperation” in his dialog with Rafael Mariano Grossi, the top of the Vienna-based Worldwide Atomic Power Company. The IAEA didn’t instantly return a request for remark in regards to the cellphone name.
The confidential IAEA report, which was seen by the Related Press on Saturday, raised a stern warning, saying that Iran is now “the one non-nuclear-weapon state to supply such materials” — one thing the company stated was of “critical concern.”
Araghchi emphasised to Grossi that each one of Iran’s nuclear actions are throughout the framework of agreements and being monitored by the IAEA. The IAEA stated in a separate report that Iran’s cooperation with the company has been “lower than passable” relating to uranium traces found by IAEA inspectors at a number of places in Iran that Tehran has did not declare as nuclear websites.
Araghchi additionally requested Grossi to make sure “that sure events don’t exploit the company for political agendas towards the Iranian individuals.” European nations may take additional steps towards Iran primarily based on the great report, resulting in a possible escalation in tensions between Iran and the West.
Iran’s deputy overseas minister on Sunday revealed an in depth response, rejecting lots of the report’s findings. Kazem Gharibabadi famous that out of the IAEA’s 682 inspections of 32 states, 493 had been carried out in Iran alone.
“As long as a rustic’s nuclear actions are beneath the IAEA’s monitoring, there isn’t a trigger for concern,” he stated. “The Islamic Republic of Iran is neither pursuing nuclear weapons nor does it possess any undeclared nuclear supplies or actions.”
The IAEA report stated that as of Might 17, Iran has amassed 408.6 kilograms (900.8 kilos) of uranium enriched as much as 60%.
That is a rise of virtually 50% for the reason that IAEA’s final report in February. The 60% enriched materials is a brief, technical step away from weapons-grade ranges of 90%.
The cellphone dialog between Araghchi and Grossi got here hours after Omani Overseas Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who’s mediating the U.S.-Iran talks, visited Tehran on Saturday to current the most recent U.S. proposal for ongoing talks.
The U.S.-Iran talks are trying to restrict Iran’s nuclear program in alternate for the lifting of a few of the crushing financial sanctions the U.S. has imposed on the Islamic Republic, which have strained relations for nearly 50 years. The fifth spherical of talks between the U.S. and Iran concluded in Rome final week with “some however not conclusive progress,” al-Busaidi stated on the time.
