Nuclear watchdog

IAEA inspections in Iran need to be fundamentally different after Iran was bombed - analysis

It will probably take weeks if not months of using special engineering machines as well as special protective suits to retrieve and dispose of the 60% enriched uranium.

 IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi holds a news conference after the first day of the agency's quarterly Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 9, 2025.
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi attends an interview with the Reuters team in Vienna, Austria, September 3, 2025.

IAEA chief urges Iran to re-engage on nuclear inspections, clarify enriched uranium status

A satellite imagery taken on February 1, 2026, shows a new roof over a previously destroyed building at Isfahan nuclear site, Iran.

Iran stored highly enriched uranium at underground site, IAEA report says

Chinese and US flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, April 8, 2025.

US accuses China of secret nuclear testing as it calls for broad new arms treaty after New START


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

The resolution's purpose was primarily to renew and adjust the International Atomic Energy Agency's mandate to report on aspects of Iran's 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.

IAEA inspectors visited Iranian nuclear sites last week, foreign ministry says

Since the war in June, the IAEA has carried out around a dozen inspections; however, they haven't been given access to the Nuclear sites bombed by the US.

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, September 25, 2025.

Iran secretly enriching enough uranium for nine nuclear weapons, IAEA report says

"Despite countless warnings by the international community, Iran is totally determined to complete its nuclear weapons program," the PMO said.

 An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during Iranian defence week, in a street in Tehran, Iran, September 24, 2024.

West plans to push IAEA board to find Iran in breach of duties, diplomats say

The last time the board took the step of formally declaring Iran in breach of its safeguards obligations was in September 2005.

 An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Iran to hold nuclear talks with three European powers in Geneva on Friday

Tehran and European nations to set to discuss regional issues, nuclear dossier.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visits the Iranian centrifuges in Tehran.

IAEA director urges board not to condemn Iran after nuclear compromise offer

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot that the push from France, Germany, and Britain to submit a resolution against Tehran would "complicate matter."

 An Iranian cleric visits the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 15, 2024.

Putin hints at changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine amid Western tensions

Experts explain nuclear blackmail as Kremlin seeks to deter Western support for Ukraine.

 Vladimir Putin

Don't be fooled by Iran-IAEA games, time running out to block nukes - analysis

As of January 2026, the ultimate weapon of the nuclear deal to hold Khamenei in line, the “snapback” of UN global sanctions, which China and Russia cannot veto, expires.

A view of the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran December 23, 2019. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Israel's peace talks with Saudi Arabia will fail, Iran's Raisi claims

Raisi also said Iran had not said it does not want nuclear inspectors from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog in the country.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi looks on during a TV interview, in Tehran, Iran June 20, 2023.

IAEA complains about anti-personnel mines in Russian-held nuclear plant

Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of shelling around the station and the IAEA has been trying to set up a safety mechanism to prevent accidents.

 A view through flowers shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including its Unit No. 4, before the arrival of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 15.