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Link to International Atomic Energy Agency webpage about Director General #RafaelMarianoGrossi.

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Rafael Mariano Grossi | IAEA
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi assumed office on 3 December 2019. Mr Grossi is a diplomat with over 35 years of experience in the field of non-proliferation and disarmament. In 2013, he w...
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Link to the narrative of RFI's interview with #RafaelMarianoGrossi in French:

www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...
Le grand invité international - Rafael Mariano Grossi (AIEA): «Le programme nucléaire iranien a subi d'énormes dégâts»
Le directeur de l'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique (AIEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi était l'invité international de la matinale de RFI ce 26 juin. Après la guerre entre Israël et l'Iran, il li...
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Here are screenshots of the narrative from RFI's interview with #RafaelMarianoGrossi.

The article is translated from its original French.

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Rafael Mariano Grossi (IAEA): "Iran's nuclear program has suffered enormous damage" Published on: 06/26/2025 - 09:25 Listen - 11:16 Share Add to queue The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi was the international guest on the RFI morning show on June 26. After the war between Israel and Iran, he delivered an initial assessment of the damage caused to nuclear installations. Rafael Mariano Grossi calls for access to the sites and continued cooperation between the agency and Iran. Have you received a response to this request? Not yet. Does the thread between the agency you represent and Iran still exist? It is maintained. Obviously, there is some tension at the moment. There are political voices in Iran who consider that the agency has not been impartial, etc. Because the agency did not condemn the Israeli attacks. And this is what led to the decision, the choice, the vote of Iranian deputies yesterday Wednesday, who voted for the suspension of cooperation with the IAEA. Is this a cause for concern for you? Hugely. I hope to be able to analyze this with my Iranian colleagues, and I must see precisely the extent of this decision. But the agency's presence in Iran is not a kind of gesture of generosity. It is an international responsibility. Iran is a member of the non-proliferation treaty and therefore must have an inspection system. It is a legal obligation from the point of view of international law, which cannot be suspended unilaterally. I hope that won't be the case, because otherwise we would be on the verge of another major crisis. Also read → Nuclear: Iranian Parliament votes in favor of suspending cooperation with the IAEA If Iran denies inspectors access to the sites, what can you do? He puts himself outside international law and therefore I should convene the board of governors. Well, I don't want to get too far ahead of myself. But I don't want to put myself in this hypothesis. But it could have serious consequences... A lot, because that would mean that Iran decides to put itself outside the non-proliferation treaty and I don't believe that is its will or its interest. Does the thread between the agency you represent and Iran still exist? It is maintained. Obviously, there is some tension at the moment. There are political voices in Iran who consider that the agency has not been impartial, etc. Because the agency did not condemn the Israeli attacks. And this is what led to the decision, the choice, the vote of Iranian deputies yesterday Wednesday, who voted for the suspension of cooperation with the IAEA. Is this a cause for concern for you? Hugely. I hope to be able to analyze this with my Iranian colleagues, and I must see precisely the extent of this decision. But the agency's presence in Iran is not a kind of gesture of generosity. It is an international responsibility. Iran is a member of the non-proliferation treaty and therefore must have an inspection system. It is a legal obligation from the point of view of international law, which cannot be suspended unilaterally. I hope that won't be the case, because otherwise we would be on the verge of another major crisis. Also read → Nuclear: Iranian Parliament votes in favor of suspending cooperation with the IAEA If Iran denies inspectors access to the sites, what can you do? He puts himself outside international law and therefore I should convene the board of governors. Well, I don't want to get too far ahead of myself. But I don't want to put myself in this hypothesis. But it could have serious consequences... A lot, because that would mean that Iran decides to put itself outside the non-proliferation treaty and I don't believe that is its will or its interest. Just before the war, was Iran cooperating properly with the agency, from your point of view? No. They were cooperating but I had said publicly on several occasions and also in my last report to the Governing Council that cooperation existed, but it was limited. There were many questions that Iran did not adequately answer. Traces of uranium had been found in places where they should not have been found and the answers were technically not credible. There was no transparency. Was Iran very close to making the atomic bomb, which was the reason for Israel to start the war? Iran had enough equipment to produce, perhaps a good dozen or a little less. And Iran had related technologies and developments. But we cannot say, I have said it and I repeat it, Iran did not have nuclear weapons. So this war was not useful? It's not up to me to judge. I am a man of peace. I believe that speaking through the inspections of the International Agency which was created for this, we can avoid that. Afterwards, political decisions are political decisions. I don't dispute it and I prefer peace. Do you remain optimistic? Lucid and reasonable optimism. But then, is it possible that dialogue and inspections will resume? It is more than possible. It is essential
June 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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7️⃣ Here's the crucial bit Hegseth suspiciously left out:

⭐ #RafaelGrossi confirmed, “...I have said it and I repeat it, Iran did not have nuclear weapons.”

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June 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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#RafaelMarianoGrossi is *The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)*.

2️⃣ The #UN does not have an agency called the “UN Atomic Energy Agency”.

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June 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Hegseth's Claim: “The Head of the UN Atomic Energy Agency” said “US and Israeli strikes caused enormous damage”.

1️⃣ The person Hegseth quoted, #RafaelMarianoGrossi,
is not the head of the “UN Atomic Energy Agency”.

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June 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM