Iran Says No Plans to Let IAEA Inspect Bombed Nuclear Sites

JD Vance did not specifically say Iran had agreed to inspections of nuclear facilities damaged during the conflict.

A satellite image shows airstrike craters over the underground centrifuge halls of the Natanz Enrichment Facility, following U.S. airstrikes, in Natanz, Iran, on June 22, 2025. Maxar Technologies/Handout via Reuters

Iran said on Tuesday it had not agreed to inspections of bomb-damaged nuclear facilities, after U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Tehran had agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors back into the country as part of negotiations aimed at ending the war.

Speaking at a weekly press briefing in Tehran on June 23, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Iran had neither met with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi during talks in Switzerland nor agreed to inspections of nuclear facilities damaged in U.S. and Israeli attacks.