IAEA chief Grossi to visit Iran over access to 2 suspect sites
2020-08-23 09:18:35 source：CGTN
August 22, 2020
The United Nations nuclear watchdog's chief Rafael Grossi will make his first trip to Tehran in that role on Monday to pressure Iran to grant inspectors access to two suspected former atomic sites after a months-long standoff, he said on Saturday.
The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution in June raising pressure on Iran to let inspectors into the sites mentioned in two quarterly IAEA reports because they could still host undeclared nuclear material or traces of it dating back to the early 2000s.
"My objective is that my meetings in Tehran will lead to concrete progress in addressing the outstanding questions that the agency has related to safeguards in Iran and, in particular, to resolve the issue of access," Grossi, who took over as IAEA director general in December, said in a statement.
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