IAEA Won’t Abandon Probe of Iran’s Undeclared Sites

IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi has chimed in on recent questions about the inquiry into Iran’s activity at undeclared sites, insisting that they are not prepared to abandon that matter, and that this is simply not how the IAEA works.

Iran had brought the issue up earlier in the week, suggesting that getting over those questions should be considered part of the nuclear deal, and that Iran simply doesn’t want to deal with “politically-motivated” inquiries.

The activity was originally alleged by Israel, and the US pushed the IAEA into an inquiry. Iran denied activity, but the IAEA considers it unresolved, and keeps asking about it.

There was no way to make the nuclear deal label these questions as resolved in the first place, at best they could get the parties to stop egging on the IAEA to keep bringing it up. In making an issue of it, however, Iran may have ensured that the IAEA is going to keep mentioning the issue anyhow.