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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the U.N.'s atomic watchdog would not beryllium fixed entree to Iranian atomic sites attacked during its caller warfare with Israel without a factual woody being agreed.
"The facilities that were attacked person their ain story, and until a determination is made and a decision is reached betwixt us, the IAEA and others, practice is not possible," helium said successful an interrogation posted to his Telegram transmission connected Thursday (November 20, 2025), without elaborating connected what specified an statement would entail.
The interrogation with the Khabar Online news bureau was conducted earlier the International Atomic Energy Agency adopted a solution connected Thursday (November 20, 2025) demanding entree to the sites.
In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing run against Iran, triggering a 12-day warfare that the United States concisely joined with strikes connected cardinal Iranian atomic facilities.
In the aftermath, Tehran suspended its practice with the IAEA and restricted the watchdog's inspectors from accessing the bombed sites, accusing it of bias and failing to condemn the strikes.
"The information that they came and attacked and left... and present the bureau comes to hole a study for them connected wherever [was attacked] and what happened and however overmuch harm was done is not possible, it is intelligibly not wise," helium added.
In September, Iran and the IAEA agreed connected a caller practice framework, but weeks aboriginal Tehran deemed it invalid aft Britain, France and Germany triggered the instrumentality of U.N. sanctions that had been lifted nether a now-defunct 2015 atomic deal.
The warfare derailed high-level atomic talks betwixt Tehran and Washington that had begun successful April, during which the 2 sides were astatine likelihood implicit Iran's close to enrich uranium, which Tehran defends arsenic "undeniable".
Since the war, Iran has repeatedly said it is unfastened to restarting talks, but lone if they instrumentality spot connected "equal footing".
During the interview, Mr. Araghchi said the U.S. demands stay "detrimental to our nationalist interests", ruling retired immoderate talks connected its rocket programme oregon different "defense capabilities".
"Negotiating astir missiles, for example, to trim them, to trim their range, to trim their number, determination is nary greater betrayal than this," helium said.
He added talks with European governments were "no longer useful" aft they triggered the snapback sanctions.
