IAEA / IRAN AGREEMENT
United NationsSEP 2025
Iran, UN Nuclear Watchdog Agree to Resume Inspections
Iran, UN Nuclear Watchdog Agree to Resume Inspections
Above: **Watermarked Getty Image. Kindly Replace** IAEA head Rafael Grossi (L) with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (C) in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday, after signing a nuclear inspections deal. Image credit: Sayed Hassan/Getty Images
The Spin
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The IAEA-Iran agreement has devolved into a diplomatic farce, with contradictory statements exposing its fundamental hollowness. While Grossi proclaimed "complete" access restored, Iran's foreign minister immediately gutted these claims, reducing the deal to mere theater. This charade offers no real progress, leaving the nuclear standoff as murky and unresolved as ever.
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