Overview
- IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said the agency held initial, technical-level consultations with Iranian experts last weekend in Buergenstock, Switzerland to begin planning inspections.
- Grossi said he expects the work to move toward full-scale inspections soon but declined to give a timeline and stressed that strong verification is required.
- The talks focused on inspection modalities such as visit frequency and sites and on how Iran’s highly enriched uranium would be processed or diluted under IAEA monitoring.
- A gap remains over commitment: U.S. officials say Iran agreed to accept IAEA inspections while Iranian authorities say no inspection plan has been finalized.
- The discussions follow Iran’s suspension of IAEA access after attacks last June and the June 17 U.S.-Iran memorandum that calls for in‑country dilution of HEU under IAEA oversight, making future inspector access central to confirming there is no missing nuclear material.