Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in an interview on Iranian state television Wednesday evening that IAEA inspectors will not be allowed into the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear facilities, which were struck by U.S. and Israeli strikes. He stated that the agency's access will be limited to the Bushehr power plant and the Tehran research reactor.
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's Wednesday evening interview on Iranian state television marks the latest high-level Iranian reiteration of the policy barring IAEA inspectors from nuclear sites damaged in U.S. and Israeli strikes. The Zioneer has previously reported on Iran's consistent denial of access to the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan facilities (June 23, June 24, June 26). Ghalibaf specified that only the Bushehr power plant and the Tehran research reactor remain open to the agency, and that the other sites will not be accessible until a final agreement is reached. The statement comes amid conflicting signals: IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has said an agreement exists for inspections, while Tehran has repeatedly denied any such arrangement. The interview, aired on state broadcaster IRIB, provides the most authoritative Iranian confirmation to date of the restricted access policy.
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