Vienna, June 24 (UNI) Rafael Grossi, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says he has written to Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi proposing a meeting between the two, and urged cooperation after a ceasefire between Iran and Israel was announced, reports Times of Israel.

Soon after the announcement of the truce, Iran reportedly fired ballistic missiles at Israel, which Jerusalem said were intercepted successfully. While Iran has denied the attack, Israel, calling the attack a grave violation of the ceasefire, has said that it will retaliate forcefully.

Grossi, in a post on X/Twitter, said that Iran resuming cooperation with the agency could lead to a diplomatic solution to the long-standing controversy over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iran has said that its nuclear program is not aimed at weaponisation. While both the IAEA and Moscow have said that there is no evidence of any nuclear weapons in Iran, its uranium enrichment levels still far exceeded what was required for civilian use.

Tehran’s further refusal to allow international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanding its ballistic missile capabilities, has made the US and Israel only more certain that Iran is headed towards weaponisation of its nuclear program.



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