Iran Nuclear Monitors Express Concern After Inspections Plunge
- Gulf nation’s nuclear program is world’s most-closely watched
- IAEA checks were curtailed after US left nuclear agreement
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Visibility into Iran’s nuclear program dimmed last year after the Persian Gulf nation removed cameras and surveillance equipment, raising international concern about the ability to carry out checks.
International Atomic Energy Agency data shows the number of examinations fell by 10% in 2022 after Iran ended monitoring arrangements specified under the now-collapsed agreement with world powers. Inspectors “were seriously affected by Iran’s decision,” IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi wrote in a restricted document circulated among diplomats this week, a copy of which was seen by Bloomberg News.