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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UN inspectors can resume work at Iran nuclear sites after breakthrough deal

Grossi (left) and the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas  Araghchi (right) shaking hands
Grossi (left) and the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi (right) shaking hands after the three-hour meeting in Cairo. Photograph: Sayed Hassan/Getty Images

Tehran and the UN nuclear inspectorate have reached an agreement that will allow UN inspectors to return to inspect all of Iran’s nuclear sites, including those bombed by Israel and the US in June.

The breakthrough, confirmed by Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, came during a three-hour meeting on Monday between Grossi and the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, in Cairo.

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