IAEA chief Rafael Grossi urged Iran during a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday to grant immediate access to his agency so it can verify the Islamic republic’s nuclear materials.
“I invite Iran to work with the IAEA without any further delay to clarify outstanding safeguards questions and to give the IAEA the information and access the agency requires, so that it can verify all relevant facilities and material, as is Iran’s legal obligation,” Grossi said. “Today’s meeting is an illustration of an established double standard in which the aggressor is shielded with impunity, the victim is placed under criticism, and the language of non-proliferation is cynically appropriated to advance geopolitical objectives,” he said.
Do I make a deal, or do I finish them off?” he said in a Fox News interview on Sunday. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to renew strikes against Iran, possibly after the midterm elections next week. “Do I make a deal with them, or do I finish them off? That’s my — it’s the only question.
