IAEA Chief in Iran to Increase Nuclear Inspections

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Grossi was received at the airport by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi.
51% : Grossi last visited Iran in early March 2022, in a trip focused on the sites, when it seemed likely that an agreement would be reached to resume negotiations between the major powers and Tehran on the nuclear file.
50% :Tehran is doubling the number of centrifuges at its sites and continues to enrich uranium at high levels.
49% :Burns also expressed concern about the growing partnership between Russia and Iran, noting that aid shared between Russia and Iran may go beyond the supply of drones and ammunition.
47% : The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, arrived in Tehran on Saturday to discuss Iran's nuclear program after discovering particles of uranium enriched to a level close to making an atomic bomb.
45% : The Head of IAEA aimed to "relaunch the dialogue" as Iran gradually backed down from the obligations of the agreement concluded in 2015 to limit its nuclear activities in exchange for lifting international sanctions.
43% : According to a confidential IAEA report seen by AFP this week, uranium particles enriched up to 83.7 percent, just under the 90 percent needed to produce an atomic bomb, had been detected at Iran's underground Fordow plant, south of Tehran.
35% :Iran denies its desire to acquire nuclear weapons.

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