Iran Needs to Strike Nuclear Understanding With Trump, IAEA Says

  • IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi spoke in Davos
  • Iran continues to accelerate highly-enriched uranium buildup
Rafael Grossi in Davos on Jan. 21.Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
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Iran needs to reach an understanding over its atomic activity with the administration of Donald Trump in order to avoid being dragged into another military conflict in the Middle East, according to the world’s top nuclear regulator.

Six-and-a-half years after Trump abrogated an agreement that gave the Islamic Republic sanctions relief in exchange for strict limits on its nuclear activities, Iran’s stockpile of near bomb-grade enriched uranium is surging to new record highs.