Ghalibaf Rejects UN Access to Bombed Iran Nuclear Sites
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said shortly after midnight Israel time that claims of UN inspector access to Iranian nuclear sites damaged by U.S. and Israeli strikes are false, adding that Iran's parliament and Supreme National Security Council barred such access. The rejection follows earlier Iranian statements that no plan exists for IAEA visits to bombed facilities and that access would be handled only in a final U.S. deal, while Trump and IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said the MoU requires inspections. Israel and its allies should treat verification as the test: Tehran must not turn talks into cover for hidden uranium or nuclear rebuilding.
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Sources factually disagree on whether Iran has already accepted access for UN nuclear inspectors. Israel National News reports Ghalibaf said claims of access to bombed sites are false and that Iranian law bars access under any circumstances; Iran International reports Iranian officials saying no plan exists and that access depends on a final U.S. deal and sanctions relief. CBS reports Trump and Vance said Iran agreed to inspections, while the AP-carried GPB report says IAEA chief Rafael Grossi argued the MoU explicitly requires IAEA supervision and inspections will happen. Sources agree on the remaining facts: the sites were damaged by U.S. and Israeli strikes, IAEA access to affected enrichment sites is still blocked, and the inspection dispute is central to the U.S.-Iran track.
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