Iran rejects reports on IAEA access to bombed nuclear sites

TABNAK, Jul. 02 - Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf rejected reports of IAEA access to bombed nuclear sites.

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Date: 02 July 2026 - 20:08

Iran's parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf rejected reports of IAEA access to bombed nuclear sites, saying Iranian law only permits inspections at the Bushehr plant and the Tehran reactor.

Iran's parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on ruled out reports that IAEA inspectors have been given access to nuclear sites damaged in U.S.-Israeli strikes, saying Iranian law permits inspections at only two facilities: the Bushehr power plant and the Tehran reactor.

"We ourselves passed a law in parliament; the Supreme National Security Council also has a resolution. Under this law, absolutely no access is given to sites that have been bombed and damaged. This is the law," Qalibaf said.

He said the level of access is determined by the Supreme National Security Council, which has set the framework, and that Iran will offer no concessions beyond what that body has authorised. "Right now, they only have the right of access in two sites: the Bushehr power plant and the Tehran reactor. Access has been limited to that and we are committed to it."

Qalibaf, who heads Iran's negotiating team, defended his handling of the diplomatic track, saying critics "neither help the country in diplomacy nor in war, but I am standing to both fight and conduct diplomacy."

"Blood vengeance for our martyred Imam (the late Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei) is the liberation of al-Quds, and for that we must preserve Lebanon. Blood vengeance cannot be achieved with slogans," he said.

"Our enemy understands nothing but the language of power, and we must deal with it from a position of strength," he added.

The remarks follow Doha talks this week where Iran and mediators held discussions without U.S. participation, with Tehran formally raising American violations of the ceasefire MoU.