IAEA chief says force could follow if US-Iran talks fail
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said failure to reach an agreement between the United States and Iran could lead to the use of force.
“The message is that it is not impossible to reach an agreement that avoids more disruption, more deaths, more instability in the region,” Grossi said in an interview with RTVC Noticias. He added that the goal is to ensure “there are no nuclear weapons in Iran by any other path than violence.”
Grossi said the crisis must be resolved through a deal but warned that uncertainty over Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile increases risks. He said the IAEA has not been able to resume inspections of Iran’s enriched uranium since last year’s 12-day war, adding that while this does not mean nuclear weapons exist, the lack of monitoring “can generate dramatic decisions,” he told RTVC Noticias director William Parra after a visit to Colombia and ahead of talks in Geneva.
