Pezeshkian Announces Nuclear Sites Will Be Opened for 'Verification'

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Pezeshkian Announces Nuclear Sites Will Be Opened for 'Verification'
  • 12 Feb, 10:25
  • Iran

Iran is ready to allow "any verification" of its nuclear sites to prove it is not trying to develop nuclear weapons, as talks continue to avoid US military intervention, said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Pezeshkian made the public pledge on Wednesday during a commemoration of the 47th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution, but it was unclear whether it amounted to a concrete change to the country's current policy of allowing only partial inspections of its sites, The Caspian Post reports, citing foreign media.

"We have announced time and again that we are not seeking nuclear weapons," Pezeshkian said during the ceremony. "We are ready for any kind of verification."

Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been waiting for months to be allowed access to three crucial Iranian nuclear enrichment sites that Israel and the US bombed in June 2025, said Rafael Grossi, director-general of the IAEA, in an interview on Wednesday.

Changing its stance in the middle of the high-stakes negotiations would signal that "Iran wishes to embrace transparency, that they have nothing to hide, and so any rationale for new attacks would be questionable, at least", Grossi said.

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Pezeshkian Announces Nuclear Sites Will Be Opened for 'Verification'

Iran is ready to allow "any verification" of its nuclear sites to prove it is not trying to develop nuclear weapons, as talks continue to avoid US military intervention, said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.