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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Iran's Supreme National Security Council has approved the return of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to the country, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday.
He told the official IRNA news agency that inspectors were allowed to witness the fuel change at the Bushehr nuclear power plant. The minister also denied reports that Iran and the IAEA had agreed on a new framework for cooperation, saying that despite the exchange of proposals, the final text of the document had not yet been approved.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday that agency inspectors had returned to Iran for the first time since their deportation during the June conflict. “The first team of IAEA inspectors is now back in Iran and we are ready to resume work,” he said.
Iran suspended cooperation with the IAEA in early July after President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a parliamentary bill restricting access to nuclear sites. The move followed Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Tehran accused the agency, and Rafael Grossi in particular, of siding with the West and failing to condemn the attacks.
The restrictions, which require inspectors' visits to be approved by Iran's Supreme National Security Council, have raised concerns among the UN secretary general, with Israel renewing calls for the restoration of UN sanctions against Tehran.
Britain, France and Germany have said they will decide whether to use a snapback mechanism to roll back sanctions by the end of August based on Iran's cooperation with the IAEA. Tehran has rejected the legality of such a move. –0–
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