Overview

• Iran will only resume nuclear discussions with the U.S. once it secures unequivocal promises against further military strikes on its territory.
• A July 1 law requires all IAEA inspection requests to be approved case by case by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, replacing the Atomic Energy Organization’s role.
• Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reiterated that Iran will not accept any deal that bars it from enriching uranium on its soil under the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
• Tehran’s Tasnim news agency denied reports from Axios and other outlets that President Putin had urged Iran to abandon enrichment in a zero-enrichment proposal.
• Iran suspended cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog after U.S. and Israeli strikes on its Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz facilities in mid-June, prompting a complete withdrawal of inspectors.