The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi told Iran on Monday that his agency would not halt a probe into traces of uranium found at undeclared nuclear sites, signaling that the issue would continue to block efforts between world powers and Iran to reenter the nuclear deal, Bloomberg reported.
Speaking at the IAEA’s annual conference in Vienna that started Monday, Grossi stated that an ongoing investigation into the source of uranium traces found at several undeclared sites in Iran was “not going to go away.”
Iran has been demanding the IAEA end the probe before agreeing to reenter the deal.
Iran’s atomic energy agency chief Mohammad Eslami also signaled Iran was unwilling to compromise on the issue, saying the investigation relied on “false, baseless information.”
