Nuclear Proliferation and IAEA Oversight

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has warned that any U.S. deal intended to help end the region’s fighting must include “very detailed” and immediate inspections of Iran’s nuclear program, saying thorough verification is a precondition for a credible agreement. Grossi’s comments, made publicly in recent days, underscore that technical monitoring by the U.N. nuclear watchdog cannot be an afterthought in diplomatic bargaining: without prompt and wide-ranging access to sites and records, he warned, a political deal risks being an illusion rather than a real rollback of proliferation risks.