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Iran Terminates Cairo Inspection Deal After IAEA Demand, Bars Access to Bombed Nuclear Sites

The reversal leaves the agency without confirmation of Iran’s enriched‑uranium inventory at key complexes.

Women stand next to model missiles and a nuclear enrichment centrifuge during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran as Iranians mark the 46th anniversary of the start of the Iran hostage crisis, on November 4, 2025.
FILE -A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber, File)
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Overview

  • The IAEA Board on November 20 adopted a resolution drafted by the U.S., UK, France and Germany demanding full and prompt cooperation, precise accounting of nuclear material, and access to attacked facilities, passing 19–3 with 12 abstentions.
  • Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a formal letter to Director General Rafael Grossi ended the September Cairo understanding and he dismissed the board measure as illegal and politicized.
  • Iran says inspectors may continue work only at facilities that were not struck and that entry to sites such as Natanz and Fordow will require a new agreement.
  • Foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei warned of unspecified “other actions,” and state media indicated further uranium enrichment is a possible response.
  • The agency reports it lost continuity of knowledge after the June strikes, and Grossi has renewed calls for Tehran to grant immediate access so inventories can be verified.