IAEA / IRAN AGREEMENT

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi delivered a statement to the IAEA Board of Governors regarding an agreement with Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Araghchi on practical modalities to resume IAEA inspection activities in Iran. IAEA

• Video Length: 00:03:08
• Production Date: 10 September 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY - IAEA
• Subject Topical: NUCLEAR SAFETY; NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY
• Geographic Subject: IRAN
• MAMS Id: 3446000
• Parent Id: 3446000
• Alternate Title: unifeed250910e

Description

STORY: IAEA / IRAN AGREEMENT
TRT: 3:08
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 10 SEPTEMBER 2025, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

Shotlist

1. Various shots, conference room
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“Yesterday in Cairo, an important step in the right direction was taken with the agreement on practical modalities for the implementation of Safeguards in Iran, signed by me and His Excellency, the Foreign Minister of Iran, Doctor Abbas Araghchi.”
3. Wide shot, conference room
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“It was encouraging for us to see Iran's declared willingness not to leave the NPT and to continue working inside the international nonproliferation regime. At the same time, Iran expressed concerns, and it is our duty as an international organization to listen to those and find ways and means to address them in a form which would reconcile these important parameters, Iran's new law and the existing legal obligations emanating from the NPT safeguards agreement contained in INFCIRC/214 as you know.”
5. Wide shot, conference room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“This technical document provides for a clear understanding of the procedures for inspection, notifications and their implementation, fully in line with the relevant provisions of the CSA. These includes all facilities and installations in Iran, and it also contemplates the required reporting on all the attacks facilities, including the nuclear material present at those. For this, Iran will follow its recently adopted internal procedures and that will open the way for the respective inspections and access. Safeguards approaches to each facility will be reviewed at technical level, always in line with the rights and obligations of Iran and the agency under the NPT Safeguards Agreement, which are not modified or amended as a result of these practical steps.”
7. Wide shot, conference room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“Let me say that it is my sincere hope that the resumption of our inspection activity in Iran may serve as a good sign, as a reference and indication that agreements and understandings are possible, and that nothing replaces dialog if one wants durable, lasting solutions to international challenges like this one.”
9. Wide shot, conference room

Storyline

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi today (10 Sep) delivered a statement to the IAEA Board of Governors regarding an agreement with Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Araghchi on practical modalities to resume IAEA inspection activities in Iran.

Speaking to the Board of Governors, Grossi stated describe the signing of the agreement on Tuesday (9 Sep) as “an important step in the right direction.”

The IAEA Director-General noted that the June attacks on Iran’s nuclear installations had led to an inevitable suspension of the Agency’s inspection work in the country. He also noted that the Parliament of Iran adopted a law to suspend cooperation with the Agency.

The chief of the UN's nuclear watchdog said, “It was encouraging for us to see Iran's declared willingness not to leave the NPT and to continue working inside the international nonproliferation regime.”

“At the same time, Iran expressed concerns, and it is our duty as an international organization to listen to those and find ways and means to address them in a form which would reconcile these important parameters, Iran's new law and the existing legal obligations emanating from the NPT safeguards agreement contained in INFCIRC/214 as you know.”

Grossi highlighted that this technical document “provides for a clear understanding of the procedures for inspection, notifications and their implementation, fully in line with the relevant provisions of the CSA.”

“These includes all facilities and installations in Iran, and it also contemplates the required reporting on all the attacks facilities, including the nuclear material present at those,” he explained, adding that “Iran will follow its recently adopted internal procedures and that will open the way for the respective inspections and access."

"Safeguards approaches to each facility will be reviewed at technical level, always in line with the rights and obligations of Iran and the agency under the NPT Safeguards Agreement, which are not modified or amended as a result of these practical steps," Grossi added.

The Director General expressed his “sincere” hope that the resumption of the Agency;s inspection activity in Iran “may serve as a good sign, as a reference and indication that agreements and understandings are possible, and that nothing replaces dialog if one wants durable, lasting solutions to international challenges like this one.”