Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (OIEA) since 2019, Rafael Grossi will visit Iran on Wednesday, April 16. In an interview with I mondeHe expressed his desire for his organization to participate in the dialogue initiated in Oman between and the United States on the Iranian nuclear issue. He believes that Iran is “not far” from having nuclear weapons.
He will travel to Tehran just after the meeting in Oman on Saturday between Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, and Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of the United States for the Middle East, organized to relive the idea of a nuclear agreement. Is this to affirm your place at the negotiating table?
We are not part of the bilateral dialogue between Mr. Araghchi and Mr. Witkoff, but we are not indifferent. They know well that we have to give our opinion on any possible agreement, we will be those who verify it. Therefore, we have already started informal exchanges with them. But as soon as there is a text with specific provisions, they will call us our opinion on the procedures and the scope of the checks that will be implemented.
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