Overview
- Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said no uranium enrichment is occurring anywhere in Iran, attributing the halt to June attacks on enrichment facilities by Israel and the United States.
- Araghchi asserted that all sites remain under IAEA safeguards, a claim at odds with the watchdog’s reports that it cannot verify inventories at several bombed locations.
- The IAEA says inspections at key sites including Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan are long overdue after the strikes that used heavy bunker‑busting munitions.
- Tehran signals conditional openness to talks, insisting on recognition of its right to peaceful enrichment, while criticizing what it calls US maximalist demands.
- Diplomatic pressure is building as the IAEA board meets this week and European snapback sanctions remain in force, with Iran limiting access to damaged sites on security grounds and analysts noting little visible activity at the main facilities.