TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi mentioned Thursday that enriched nuclear materials remained “below the rubble” of services broken through the current warfare with Israel.
In a televised interview, Araghchi mentioned “all of our materials is… below the rubble of the bombed services,” including that the Atomic Power Group of Iran was assessing the situation and accessibility of the fabric with the intention to submit a report back to the nation’s Supreme Nationwide Safety Council.
Araghchi mentioned the council — Iran’s prime safety physique — was in control of the nation’s nuclear affairs.
His remarks got here after he agreed on Tuesday in Cairo a take care of UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on a brand new framework of cooperations with the Worldwide Atomic Power Company.
In his interview on Thursday, Araghchi insisted that the brand new cooperation framework settlement grants entry to UN nuclear inspectors solely after the approval of Iran’s safety physique.
Iran halted its cooperation with the company following the 12-day warfare with Israel in June, following a legislation handed by the Iranian parliament.
Iran has accused the IAEA of failing to adequately condemn Israel’s strikes.
Footage launched by the IDF on June 21, 2025, reveals the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Iran’s Isfahan nuclear facility. (Israel Protection Forces)
In his joint press convention from Egypt on Wednesday, Araghchi mentioned the framework was “totally constant” with provisions of the legislation.
Araghchi on Thursday additional elaborated that the settlement distinguishes between nuclear services that have been attacked through the warfare and others which have been unhurt, such because the Bushehr reactor within the south.
Entry to undamaged services can be “thought-about case by case by the Supreme Nationwide Safety Council,” he mentioned, including that the state of affairs for the focused services was extra “difficult.”
“For now no motion is taken till Iran carries out the mandatory measures associated to environmental and security considerations,” he famous, referring to the hit websites.
Throughout an interview with CBS in late June, Grossi had admitted that “we don’t know the place this (extremely enriched) materials may very well be.”
US President Donald Trump had nonetheless insisted that Iran’s nuclear program had been set again “many years.”
Iran had an estimated 408.6-kilogram (900-pound) stockpile of extremely enriched uranium earlier than the assaults.
This handout satellite tv for pc image supplied by Maxar Applied sciences and brought on June 22, 2025, reveals a crater after US strikes on Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. (Satellite tv for pc picture ©2025 Maxar Applied sciences / AFP)
Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceable functions, whereas Western nations accuse Tehran of in search of an atomic weapon — a cost Tehran has denied.
In August, Britain, France and Germany initiated steps to reimpose UN sanctions after weeks of warnings, citing Iran’s continued non-compliance with its commitments below a largely moribund 2015 nuclear settlement.
Araghchi mentioned that “if the difficulty of activating the snapback mechanism goes by within the Safety Council regardless of all of the disputes, from our standpoint this settlement will not be legitimate.”
