IAEA Chief Grossi To Visit Iran Amid Rising Nuclear Concerns

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will visit Iran on Friday following yesterday's IAEA quarterly report which escalated concern over Iran's rapidly progressing nuclear programme.

• The IAEA warned: "Iran continues to breach restrictions on its nuclear activities imposed by 2015 nuclear deal," bringing its nuclear programme to the brink of nuclear weapons capability.
• CIA Director Bill Burns said this week: “...we don’t believe that the Supreme Leader in Iran has yet made a decision to resume the weaponization program," but, “they’ve advanced very far to the point where it would only be a matter of weeks before they can enrich to 90%...”
• Kelsey Davenport, director of non-proliferation policy at the Arms Control Association: “It’s critical that we stabilize this current crisis and prevent further escalation.”
• Laura Rozen at the Diplomat writes: “With no near term prospect of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal [JCPOA] some arms control experts are urging the United States and Europeans to pursue a new, more narrow diplomatic strategy focused on securing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) greater visibility into Iran’s nuclear program, in order to reduce uncertainty and help avert the risk of potential conflict.”