HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jun.2025, Words: 287) — “Iran, Israel, the Middle East, need peace and there is a path for diplomacy,” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi told the UN Security Council on 22 Jun. 2025 during a briefing.
Mariano warned the nuclear non-proliferation regime, which he said has underpinned international security for 50+ years, “is on the line.”
“The dramatic events in Iran have become even more serious with last night’s bombardments and the potential widening of the conflict. We have a window of opportunity to return to dialogue and diplomacy. If that window closes, violence and destruction could reach unthinkable levels and the global non-proliferation regime as we know it could crumble and fall,” Mariano said during his virtual participation in the US Security Council event.
Mariano said it was important to return to the negotiating table that would allow the IAEA inspectors, “the guardians of the NPT, to go back to Iran’s nuclear sites and account for the stockpiles of uranium, including, most importantly, the 400kg enriched to 60%. Any agreement, any arrangement will have as a prerequisite the establishment of the facts on the ground.”
This he said could only be done through IAEA inspections. He said agency inspectors are in Iran, and must be allowed to do their job.
“This will require a cessation of hostilities so that Iran can let the teams into the sites under the necessary safety and security conditions. Any special measures by Iran to protect its nuclear materials and equipment can be done in accordance with Iran’s safeguards obligations and the Agency. This is possible,” Mariano said.
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