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Iran agrees to let technical team from IAEA visit country after US 'Op Midnight Hammer' strikes
'The delegation will come to Iran to discuss the modality, not to go to the (nuclear) sites,' Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said. He was in New York for meetings at the UN. read more Iran on Wednesday (July 23) confirmed that it had agreed to allow a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit the country in the coming weeks. Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the team from the United Nations nuclear watchdog would discuss relations between IAEA and Tehran. 'The delegation will come to Iran to discuss the modality, not to go to the (nuclear) sites,' Gharibabadi said. He was in New York for meetings at the UN. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD IAEA has said that its chief Rafael Grossi is actively engaging with all the parties involved in the 'Iran nuclear issue." Concerns after Israel, US' strikes IAEA officials have stressed the urgency of restoring access to Iranian nuclear facilities after last month's air strikes by Israel and the United States, which targeted key components of Iran's nuclear infrastructure. Those attacks, aimed at impeding Tehran's ability to develop a nuclear weapon, have severely disrupted the IAEA's ability to verify the status of enriched uranium stocks and other critical components of Iran's nuclear programme. Tehran maintains that its nuclear activities remain peaceful and that no effort is underway to develop atomic weapons. Gharibabadi said Iran's Atomic Energy Organization is still assessing damage from the attacks. 'We do not know what has happened there … because of the risks of the radiation,' he said. 'Our Atomic Energy Organization is assessing, actually, the damages to the nuclear installations, and we are waiting to receive their report.' Diplomatic concerns have mounted over the fate of some 400 kg of highly enriched uranium, with the IAEA yet to receive an update from Iran regarding the material's status. The watchdog has deemed full resumption of inspections essential to rebuilding international confidence. Iran reluctant to share data with IAEA Gharibabadi claimed the IAEA has not formally inquired about the uranium and added, 'we cannot say anything now because we do not have any valid and credible report from (Iran's) Atomic Energy Organization.' The comment shows Tehran's continued reluctance to share data in the absence of what it deems a secure inspection environment. In June, the IAEA sparked Iranian ire by stating on the eve of the Israeli strikes that Tehran was in violation of non-proliferation treaty commitments, complicating the possibility of progress in any renewed talks over Iran's nuclear programme. Looking ahead, Gharibabadi said he would meet counterparts from Britain, France and Germany in Istanbul on Friday. These countries, along with China and Russia, remain signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal from which the United States withdrew in 2018. The agreement traded sanctions relief for restrictions on Iran's atomic activities. Alongside this track, Iran and the US have engaged in five rounds of indirect negotiations mediated by Oman since the beginning of the year. With inputs from agencies


NDTV
22 minutes ago
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Israel, Ukraine To Hold Talks On Countering "Threats" Posed By Iran
Israel and Ukraine said Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on countering the "threat" posed by Iran, in a sign of deepening ties between the two countries. Both see Iran, a close ally of Russia, as a malign actor on the world stage. Israel has long accused Iran of developing nuclear weapons, an allegation it denies, while Ukraine is regularly attacked from Russia by Iranian-designed drones. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga described Iran as an "existential threat" to global security during a joint press conference in Kyiv with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar -- the most senior Israeli official to visit Ukraine since 2023. "Our countries face common security challenges. Today we have decided to launch a separate dialogue on the Iranian threat," Sybiga said. Saar said any effort to curb Tehran's access to weapons and technology contributed to the security of Europe and Ukraine. "I thank President (Volodymyr) Zelensky and the Ukrainian government for its position that Iran must not have nuclear weapons," he said. Ukraine has expressed frustration at Israel's neutral stance on the Russian invasion, but the two share common interests. Kyiv has long accused Tehran of supplying military hardware to Moscow. Last month, Israel launched a surprise bombing campaign against Iran with the stated aim of destroying military and nuclear sites, an action that Kyiv supported.


News18
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Israel Claims Gaza Starvation "Engineered by Hamas" Amid Global Outrage, Arab Leader Shames US Envoy
Israel on Wednesday (July 23) hit back at growing international criticism that it was behind chronic food shortages in Gaza, instead accusing Hamas of deliberately creating a humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian than 100 aid and human rights groups said earlier Wednesday that "mass starvation" was spreading in the Gaza Strip, and France warned of a growing "risk of famine" caused by "the blockade imposed by Israel".The head of the World Health Organization also weighed in, saying that a "large proportion of the population of Gaza is starving"."I don't know what you would call it other than mass starvation -- and it's man-made," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Israeli government spokesman, David Mencer, said there was "no famine caused by Israel. There is a man-made shortage engineered by Hamas." n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION2:00 KATZ WARNS 'GATES OF HELL WILL OPEN' 3:46 TUNISIA SLAMS 'INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY' BEHIND GAZA STARVATION4:38 ISRAEL OPPOSITION SLAMS ATTEMPT ON NETANYAHU'S LIFE5:52 ISRAELI VISITORS CHASED BY 'ARMED' MOB ON GREEK ISLAND