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  1. IAEA confirms second projectile strike on Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant site within a week, though facility remains undamaged as tensions escalate following Trump's 48-hour ultimatum, with Director General Grossi urging restraint to prevent nuclear safety risks during ongoing regional conflict
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  2. U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium "in a matter of months," despite damage to several nuclear facilities from U.S. and Israeli attacks. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/ #worldnews #iaea #iran #nuclearweapons #us #israel #donaldtrump #rafaelgrossi #usmilitary

  3. RFI: So this war was not useful?

    #IAEA #RafaelGrossi: It's not up to me to judge. I am a man of peace. I believe that by talking through the inspections of the International Agency that was created for this, we can avoid this. After that, political decisions are political decisions. …I prefer peace.

    RFI: is it possible for dialogue and inspections to resume?

    Grossi: It is more than possible. It is essential.

    #US #Iran #Israel #Trump #nuclear

  4. RFI: Was #Iran very close to making the #AtomicBomb, which was the reason #Israel started the war?

    #IAEA #RafaelGrossi: Iran had enough equipment to produce, perhaps a good dozen or a little less. And Iran had related technologies & developments. But we can't say, I said it & I repeat, Iran did not have a #nuclear weapon.

  5. RFI: Just before the war, did #Iran cooperate properly with the #IAEA, from your point of view?

    #RafaelGrossi: No. They were cooperating, but I had said it publicly on several occasions & also in my last report to the Board of Governors that cooperation existed, but it was limited. There were many questions that Iran did not answer properly. Traces of #uranium had been found in places where they should not have been found & the answers were technically not credible. There was no transparency.

  6. RFI: If #Iran refuses inspectors access to the sites, what can you do?

    #IAEA #RafaelGrossi: It would place them as operating outside of #InternationalLaw & therefore I would convene the Board of Governors. I don't want to go too far, I don't want to put myself in this hypothesis.

    RFI: But it could have serious consequences...

    Grossi: Very, because it would mean that Iran decides to put itself outside the #NonProliferationTreaty & I don't think it is its intent or in its interest.

  7. #IAEA #RafaelGrossi: I hope to be able to analyze this w/ my Iranian colleagues, & see what precisely led to this decision. The agency's presence in #Iran is … an international responsibility. Iran is a member of the #NonProliferationTreaty & must therefore have an inspection system. This is a #legal obligation from the point of view of #InternationalLaw, which cannot be unilaterally suspended. I hope that will not be the case, because otherwise we would be at the gates of a new major crisis.

  8. RFI: Do the lines of communication between the #IAEA & #Iran still exist?

    #RafaelGrossi: Yes. Obviously, there is some tension at the moment. There are political voices in Iran that consider that the agency has not been impartial, etc.

    RFI: Because the agency did not condemn the Israeli attacks. This is what led to the vote of Iranian deputies yesterday, Wednesday, who voted to suspend cooperation with the IAEA. Is this a cause for concern for you?

    Grossi: A Lot.

    #US #Trump #nuclear

  9. RFI: You made a polite and diplomatic request...

    #IAEA #RafaelGrossi : Absolutely, you have to have respect. And so I proposed that we meet to start evaluating the modalities of the return of inspectors to the sites.

    RFI: Have you received a response to this request?

    Grossi: Not yet.

    #US #Iran #Trump #nuclear

  10. #IAEA #RafaelGrossi : That's what we could imagine. Then, there are the #military operations that are triggered. Naturally, no one moves, we can't inspect, it's normal. And there, as soon as I learned that we had a ceasefire, I wrote to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, whom I know well. I told him: "We have a ceasefire, conditions will improve, we have to sit down. "I didn't say: "I want to come immediately to inspect, etc. "

    #US #Iran #Trump #nuclear

  11. #RafaelGrossi : In fact, it's a little more. But we rounded to 400, because the activity continued until June 12 & until the day before the #US strikes, the #IAEA inspectors were still on site. We did not know, obviously, that these attacks were going to take place, but we were able to make the inventory, day by day. But importantly, #Iran announces that it will take protective measures.

    RFI: To shelter the enriched #uranium?