Iran rejects inspections of bombed nuclear sites until IAEA defines 'post-war conditions'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : He said that if post-war conditions are defined, the UN nuclear agency should formally announce them so Iran can act accordingly and permit inspections of the sites.
52% : Eslami said that if the UN nuclear watchdog supports military action, it should explicitly state that attacks on safeguarded nuclear facilities are permitted.
40% : During a 12-day war with Israel, the US military targeted three major Iranian nuclear facilities - Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan - using bunker-buster bombs in an operation codenamed "Operation Midnight Hammer.
40% : Iran's ambassador to the UN, Amir-Saeid Iravani, insisted that Resolution 2231, which endorsed the JCPOA, expired on Oct. 18, 2025, and had therefore "ceased to have any legal effect or operative mandate."
37% : " The strikes came more than a week after Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran, killing senior military commanders and nuclear scientists and also targeting some nuclear sites.
35% : A central point of contention was the legality of Security Council meetings related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal.
34% : The Iranian official also criticized Tuesday's UN Security Council meeting on nuclear non-proliferation, during which council members appeared divided over Iran's nuclear activities.
16% : Inspections were suspended after 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June The head of Iran's nuclear agency on Wednesday rejected inspections of the country's bombed nuclear facilities, calling on the UN nuclear watchdog to "define post-war conditions" before any such access is granted.

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