International Atomic Energy Agency

Iran says IAEA safeguards not built for wartime after strikes on nuclear sites

Kamalvandi stated that Iran is seeking new, binding assurances from the agency to prevent any misuse of data before it restores fuller cooperation.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) logo and Iranian flag is seen in this illustration taken June 16, 2025.
 IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Abbas Araghchi looks on during a news conference in Istanbul last month, amid Iran’s war with Israel. The writer asks: What should be Jerusalem’s next protective steps?

Iranian FM Araghchi says 'Cairo Agreement dead' after IAEA resolution over Iran nuclear program

 A satellite image shows airstrike craters covered with dirt at the Natanz Enrichment Facility, following U.S. airstrikes amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Natanz County, Iran, June 24, 2025.

Iran must give status of bombed nuclear sites, IAEA warns in passed resolution

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during a welcoming ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025

Uranium enrichment not part of civil nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, US energy secretary says


Herzog's Azerbaijan trip highlights other side of Israel-Baku ties

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: The presidents and the ambassador may have wanted to shift focus away from defense, but it plays a huge role in ties between the countries.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, are greeted in Baku on Tuesday

In ‘Oppenheimer’ trailer, the atomic bomb is born – and Einstein weeps

Oppenheimer and his team of scientists tested the weapon there before it was eventually dropped on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki

 Albert Einstein (Middle) is seen standing between Yiddish poet Itzik Feffer and Russian Jewish actor Solomon Mikhoels in 1943. Feffer would be killed in the Night of the Murdered Poets, while Mikhoels was killed in what may have been an assassination ordered by Joseph Stalin.

Iran's concessions to IAEA largely hinge on future talks, Grossi says

The IAEA and Iran said they had agreed to make progress on various issues, including a long-stalled IAEA inquiry into uranium particles found at three undeclared sites in Iran.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi addresses a news conference during an IAEA board of governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, March 6, 2023.

IAEA chief doubles down against potential pre-emptive Israeli strikes on Iran

Grossi's statements came after extended meetings with key officials in Iran over the weekend.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi shakes hands with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2023.

Iran pledges to cooperate with IAEA investigation, re-installs cameras

Iran is supposed to provide access to information, locations and people, suggesting a vast improvement after years of Iranian stonewalling.

 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi looks on during a news conference with Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami as they meet in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2023.

IAEA's Grossi begins talks in Iran on nuclear cooperation

Iran's stonewalling of the IAEA's years-long investigation into uranium traces found at three undeclared sites prompted its 35-nation Board of Governors to order Tehran to cooperate.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi meets with Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami, in Tehran, Iran, March 3, 2023.

How the world let Iran get to 84% uranium enrichment - opinion

A combination of wishful thinking, greed and complacency has led to the current state of affairs, but the solution does not involve military strikes.

Atom symbol and Iran flag are seen in this illustration, July 21, 2022.

Iran foreign minister says IAEA officials to visit Tehran

“In the framework of concluding negotiations, IAEA officials will travel to Tehran in the coming days,” said Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, November 23, 2022.

Iran building new nuclear power plant in southwest of country

The new Iranian nuclear power plant will take about eight years to complete and will cost about $2 billion.

 Atomic Energy Organization of Iran launches construction of Darkhovin nuclear power plant, December 2, 2022

Iran is an ever more 'relevant' problem, nuclear watchdog chief says

Officials said one important sticking point has been Iran's demand that the IAEA end an investigation into uranium traces found at undeclared sites.

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks to the media after attending a close door meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, US, October 27, 2022.