IAEA chief visits Iran’s main enrichment facilities

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi who arrived in Tehran on Wednesday to discuss Iran’s nuclear issue visited two Iranian key enrichment facilities.

News ID: 5416

Date: 16 November 2024 - 08:14

TABNAK, Nov, 16 : His visit included Fordow and Natanz nuclear enrichment facilities on Friday.

Grossi was accompanied by Behrouz Kamalondi, the Deputy Chairman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) for international, legal and parliamentary affairs, and Kazem Gharibabadi, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for legal and international affairs.

The UN nuclear watchdog held talks with President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and the the AEOI chairman Mohammad Eslami on Thursday.

Eslami declared to the IAEA chief that it will show a “decisive and quick” response to any threats or actions against the country’s peaceful nuclear program.

The president stressed to Grossi the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program, citing Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s religious decree which prohibits the building of nuclear weapons.