A message to Israel? The head of the Atomic Energy Agency, Raphael Grossi, visited Iran today (Saturday) and held a joint press conference with the head of the Iranian nuclear program, during which he noted that “there are ‘great expectations’ in talks with Iran” and stated: “Any attack on nuclear facilities is illegal.”
Grossi said these words during a visit to Tehran, which, according to diplomats, was intended to push Iran to cooperate with the IAEA investigation after the confidential report that revealed that Iran had enriched pines to the level of 84% – a few percent of the level needed to create nuclear weapons.
Grossi, who spoke during a joint press conference with Mohammad Aslami, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, noted that talks are ongoing with Iran on two sets of important matters including the science sector, and there are “great expectations” regarding the process. According to him, the talks take place in an “atmosphere of work, honesty and cooperation”.
He added that “there are two separate issues in this regard. First, attacks on nuclear power plants have unfortunately become common, and this is due to the war in Ukraine. Second, these attacks have been condemned during the agency’s public conferences. So I think that the attack on nuclear facilities deserves every condemnation completely and illegally”.