Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, left, an sign an agreement to open the way for resuming cooperation, at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025.
"Based on this agreement, currently no access is given to the IAEA inspectors," Araghchi told state television.
"This agreement itself does not create any access. Based on the reports that Iran will provide later, the type of access should be negotiated in due course," he added.
Iran’s announcement came despite IAEA chief Rafael Grossi saying earlier Wednesday that Tehran’s new cooperation framework with the UN nuclear watchdog covers “all facilities and installations in Iran.”
Iran agreed a deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday in Cairo, after it suspended cooperation following the Israeli war in June.
The 12-day war saw Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, which the IAEA has not been able to access since.
Grossi said the agreed document "provides for a clear understanding of the procedures for inspections".
It "includes all facilities and installations in Iran, and it also contemplates the required reporting on all the attacked facilities, including the nuclear material present at those," Grossi told the Vienna-based agency's Board of Governors meeting.
Tehran's suspension of cooperation saw the agency's inspectors leave Iran, before a team briefly returned last month to oversee the replacement of fuel at the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
Access to nuclear sites now requires the approval of the Supreme National Security Council, and the most recent inspection was not granted access to other key sites, including Fordo and Natanz, which were hit in the June strikes.
"Iran and the agency will now resume cooperation in a respectful and comprehensive way," Grossi said, adding the "practical steps... need to be implemented now".
"There may be difficulties and issues to be resolved for sure, but we now know what we have to do," he added.
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that Iran would end cooperation with the agency "in the event of any hostile action against Iran".
"I emphasise that in the event of any hostile action against Iran, including the reinstatement of lifted UN Security Council resolutions, Iran will consider these practical steps ended," he said.
8 This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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