Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN atomic watchdog, criticized Tehran’s “completely unsatisfactory” collaboration on Tuesday after returning from Iran, where he pushed for the adoption of “concrete” measures to allay worries over its nuclear program.
When Grossi visited, tensions in the region were at an all-time high, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had just criticized Iran for not cooperating with inspections and other unresolved issues.
“The present state is completely unsatisfactory for me. We are almost at an impasse and this needs to be changed,” Grossi told reporters at the airport in Vienna, where the IAEA is based.
He said there was no “magic wand” to solve a “very, very complex set of issues”, while he pressed the Islamic republic to “deliver very soon”.
“But of course, for me and also I would say for the international community, there is a need to have some results sooner rather than later,” he said.
