The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is always ready to send inspectors to Iran to inspect nuclear facilities. This was stated by the agency's general director Rafael Grossi in an interview with the Rossiya-24 television channel.
“Of course, they are always ready to go there. Now they are there (in Iran – editor's note) to check secondary objects, but they are ready to take on more important objects at any time,” he said.
According to Grossi, the IAEA supports holding negotiations on Iran's nuclear program to return the agency's inspectors to Iran. He noted that after the 12-day Iran-Israel war, a deadlock arose that needed to be overcome.
The US does not want Iran to demonstrate any nuclear activities but this contradicts Tehran's position, Grossi said. He added that the presence of IAEA inspectors is necessary to monitor the implementation of the agreements, otherwise the risk of new escalation will remain.
On January 28, US President Donald Trump announced that the US Navy had sent a large group of armed forces to the Middle East, led by the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. He warned Tehran of the possibility of using force if the Iranian government refused to sign the agreement. However, details of this possible agreement with the Islamic Republic were not announced by the US leader. At the same time, US officials said they had made three demands on the Iranians: a permanent end to uranium enrichment and disposal of the stockpile, a limit on the number of ballistic missiles and an end to all support for proxy groups in the Middle East.
