International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi waits to meet Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, March 14, 2024
THE head of the United Nations atomic watchdog is set to travel to Iran today, as the agency claims it is increasingly difficult to monitor the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme.
Rafael Mariano Grossi has already warned that Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels to make “several” nuclear bombs if it chose to do so.
Tensions remain high in the Middle East following the invasion of Gaza and Iran’s strike against Israel in April, sparked by Tel Aviv’s attack on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus, which killed two top Iranian generals.
LINDA PENTZ GUNTER reports from Parliament Square, where a rally slammed the hypocrisy of allowing Israel to bomb Iran and kill hundreds to stop it developing nuclear weapons — the same weapons Israel secretly has and refuses to explain