Rafael Grossi visits Iran in bid to restore inspectors' access to nuclear programme

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Since the collapse of the landmark nuclear deal in 2018, Iran has abandoned all limits on its nuclear activities and enriches uranium to up to 60% purity, which is near weapons-grade levels of 90%.

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00:00Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has cautioned against attacking

00:08Iranian nuclear installations, after Israel's defense chief suggested the possibility of

00:14striking them.

00:15He spoke in Tehran on Thursday with his Iranian counterpart, during a visit to the country

00:20aiming to restore his inspectors' access to its nuclear program.

00:24Nuclear facilities should not be subject to military attack.

00:30There can be very serious radiological consequences to such attacks.

00:36Iran abandoned all limits on its nuclear activities in 2018, after a deal that gave it sanctions

00:42relief in return for limits on its nuclear program was overturned by then-President Donald

00:47Trump.

00:49Sanctions are mounting after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Monday that Iran

00:54is more exposed than ever to strikes on its nuclear facilities.

00:58If they take the path of cooperation, the Islamic Republic of Iran's counterpart is

01:04willing to cooperate.

01:05If they choose a different path, we will also take a different path in terms of our security

01:11and security goals.

01:18During his visit to Tehran, Grossi also met with the Iranian president and foreign minister.

01:24It was the IAEA chief's first trip to the city since the current Iranian government

01:28was launched earlier this year.

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