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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said Monday that the ongoing military escalation between Israel and Iran is disrupting essential diplomatic efforts aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
“This military escalation delays indispensable work towards a diplomatic solution for the long-term assurance that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon,” Grossi said, during an exceptional meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna.
Grossi confirmed that four buildings at Iran’s Isfahan site were damaged in Friday’s Israeli strikes, including a uranium conversion facility, a fuel manufacturing plant, a central chemical laboratory, and a UF4 to EU metal processing facility. However, he noted that no damage had been observed at the Fordow fuel enrichment plant or the Khondab heavy water reactor, which is still under construction.
The IAEA chief said the agency remains present in Iran and that inspections would resume “as soon as safety conditions allow,” in line with Tehran’s obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). “I am in touch with the inspectors on the ground; their safety remains our top priority,” he added.
Grossi also acknowledged ongoing cooperation and information sharing between the Iranian authorities and the IAEA.
Iran’s judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on Monday ordered rapid prosecution and punishment for anyone found cooperating with Israel, warning that wartime conditions require immediate legal action.
“If anyone is found to have collaborated with the Zionist regime, they must be swiftly tried and punished without delay,” Ejei said during a high-level judicial meeting in Tehran.
He warned that those attempting to exploit the current situation to destabilize the country—whether through physical or psychological means—would face “the most severe penalties under the law.”
