The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Raphael Grossi, visited Iran on Saturday and held a joint press conference with the head of the Iranian nuclear program, during which he noted that "there are 'great expectations' in talks with Iran" and stated: "Any attack on nuclear facilities is illegal."
Grossi said these words during a visit an official visit to Tehran, which according to diplomats was intended to push Iran to cooperate with the IAEA investigation after the confidential report that revealed that Iran had enriched uraniaum to the level of 84%, just a few percent below the level needed to create a nuclear weapon.
A day after the UN nuclear watchdog chief said that any military attack on a nuclear facility was illegal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu termed remarks by Raphael Grossi as "unworthy"https://t.co/8SEWXHlIN2
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Grossi, who spoke during a joint press conference with Mohammad Aslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, noted that the talks are continuing with Iran on two groups of important matters including the science sector, and there are "great expectations" regarding the process. According to him, the talks are taking place in an "atmosphere of work, honesty, and cooperation".
He added that "there are two separate issues in this regard. First, attacks on nuclear power plants have unfortunately become common, and this is due to the war in Ukraine. Second, these attacks have been condemned during the agency's public conferences. So I think that the attack on nuclear facilities deserves every condemnation completely and illegally".
Grossi’s statements seem to be directed at Israel, which has been operating in Iran to thwart their attempts of creating nuclear weapons, which will be aimed at Israel if fully developed. Grossi’s statements come also after the head of the CIA, William Burns, said in an interview with CBS that the US does not recognize an Iranian decision to renew its nuclear weapons program, which was suspended at the end of 2003, and further wanted that the Ayatollah regime is just weeks away from having enough enriched uranium to create a nuclear weapon. "Tehran's missile program has also advanced in regards to its ability to launch a bomb", Burns added.
The head of the IAEA in Iran:
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After the discovery of the uranium enrichment to the level of 84%, Raphael Grossi arrived in Tehran and declared an "atmosphere of honesty and cooperation". Really Mr.Grossi after all this time Iran played you & everyone else you say that 🤬
Iran announced its decision to begin enriching uranium to a level of 60% in 2021, then presented it as a response to the wave of assassinations against nuclear scientists and attacks against nuclear sites, which were attributed to Israel. The IAEA has repeatedly warned since then that enrichment to 60% also brings Iran very close to nuclear weapons, because the transition from enrichment from 60% to 90%, the level needed to develop such a weapon, involves only minor technical steps.
