Iran does not “have any plans” to allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to access sites damaged during the war, the spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Esmail Baghaei, said on Tuesday, according to Iranian state media.
“Fundamentally, there is no established protocol for such a situation,” he said, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.
The IAEA logo is displayed in front of the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 5, 2026.
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Iran’s delegation did not meet with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi during the U.S.-Iranian talks in Switzerland, IRNA reported.
Vice President JD Vance said on Monday during a news conference in Lucerne, Switzerland, that Iran had agreed to allow the United Nations-affiliated IAEA inspectors to enter their country.
“The Iranians have agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into their country,” Vance told reporters at Bürgenstock, the Swiss resort where the talks were held.
He added, “That is a major milestone for the American people, and the first step in permanently denuclearizing or permanently ending a nuclear weapons program in Iran, and that’s exactly what we wanted to do, that’s exactly what we asked to happen.”
-ABC News’ Jamie Dorrington and Fritz Farrow
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