International Atomic Energy Agency

Nuclear deal between Iran, US illusory if IAEA not involved, Director Grossi says - Telegraph

"Without verification, any agreement is no agreement. It’s an illusion of an agreement, or it’s a promise, which you don’t know whether it will be complied with or not," Grossi explained.

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi attends an interview with the Reuters team in Vienna, Austria, September 3, 2025.
US Vice President JD Vance walks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026.

Allies fear a rushed US-Iran framework deal could backfire, leaving technical deadlock - analysis

 Satellite image shows the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr Province, Iran, May 26, 2025.

Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant undamaged from recent nearby strike, atomic watchdog confirms

Oman's Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi meets with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner ahead of the indirect US-Iran talks, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026; illustrative.

What do we know ahead of US-Iran talks in Geneva amid tension in Middle East?


Israel atomic chief: Iran keeps deceiving IAEA, West on verge of nuke threshold

Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas have targeted the Dimona reactor in the past and are likely to do so in the future.

 Moshe Edri, head of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission, is seen speaking at the 67th annual International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conference, on September 26, 2023.

Is the IAEA losing patience with Iran? Nuclear chief laments lack of cooperation

"The Iranians are accumulating [uranium]. They say it's for civilian purposes, but we haven't seen much of that in use. It is, in fact, being stored."

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with commanders and a group of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran, Iran August 17, 2023

Iran enriches more uranium as Gaza war rages, US election looms - analysis

As IAEA reports show Iran's nuclear efforts advancing, the US and its allies have few viable options to respond.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Palestinian group Hamas' top leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, Iran June 21, 2023.

Russia says Israeli nuclear remark raises 'huge number of questions'

Asked in a radio interview about a hypothetical nuclear option, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu had replied: "That's one way."

 Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu attends a ceremony at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 19, 2023.

Iran again rejects pressure on is nuclear program at IAEA

President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran also critiqued Western countries in meeting with Director General of the IAEA in Vienna.

 On-again, off-again talks on Iran: International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna

IAEA complains about anti-personnel mines in Russian-held nuclear plant

Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of shelling around the station and the IAEA has been trying to set up a safety mechanism to prevent accidents.

 A view through flowers shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including its Unit No. 4, before the arrival of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 15.

Herzog's Azerbaijan trip highlights other side of Israel-Baku ties

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: The presidents and the ambassador may have wanted to shift focus away from defense, but it plays a huge role in ties between the countries.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, are greeted in Baku on Tuesday

In ‘Oppenheimer’ trailer, the atomic bomb is born – and Einstein weeps

Oppenheimer and his team of scientists tested the weapon there before it was eventually dropped on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki

 Albert Einstein (Middle) is seen standing between Yiddish poet Itzik Feffer and Russian Jewish actor Solomon Mikhoels in 1943. Feffer would be killed in the Night of the Murdered Poets, while Mikhoels was killed in what may have been an assassination ordered by Joseph Stalin.

Iran's concessions to IAEA largely hinge on future talks, Grossi says

The IAEA and Iran said they had agreed to make progress on various issues, including a long-stalled IAEA inquiry into uranium particles found at three undeclared sites in Iran.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi addresses a news conference during an IAEA board of governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, March 6, 2023.

IAEA chief doubles down against potential pre-emptive Israeli strikes on Iran

Grossi's statements came after extended meetings with key officials in Iran over the weekend.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi shakes hands with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2023.