Overview

• IAEA Deputy Director General arrived in Tehran on August 10 for the first senior-level engagement since Iran halted cooperation in early July
• Discussions will negotiate a binding cooperation framework under a parliament-passed law requiring Supreme National Security Council approval for any inspections
• No nuclear site visits or inspections are planned during the visit until both sides agree on legal modalities
• President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered the suspension of all IAEA cooperation on July 3 in response to U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on key nuclear facilities
• With Iran enriching uranium to 60% purity and a looming deadline for European snapback sanctions, the talks could determine the future of non-proliferation oversight in the country