Iran bans IAEA head, removes surveillance cameras from nuclear sites

Published June 28, 2025 10:21pm ET



Iran has banned the head of the United Nations‘ nuclear watchdog organization from its nuclear sites and is removing surveillance cameras from them, according to multiple reports.

On Saturday, Iranian Parliament vice speaker Hamid Reza Haji Babaei announced the barring of Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, from the regime’s nuclear sites as well as the removal of the surveillance measures, moves that threaten to keep Iran‘s nuclear footprint even more in the dark following U.S. and Israeli attacks designed to dismantle their nuclear program.

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