Iran Block on Nuclear Monitoring Deepens Post-Strike Standoff

Iran is ignoring international calls to cooperate with the United Nations atomic watchdog and restart nuclear talks with the US, diplomats said, months into a tense stand off following Israeli-led airstrikes on the Islamic Republic.

The status of the Iran’s nuclear program — including the state and unknown location of its near-bomb-grade uranium stockpile — is the subject of a meeting next week at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. Western nations represented there are due to draft new orders for IAEA inspectors to determine the status of Tehran’s nuclear inventory, according to three officials who asked not to be identified in return for discussing restricted information.