Iran denounces Austria for blocking its nuclear chief from a meeting in Vienna
Tehran said the move was unjustified and accused Washington of pressure, as Austria said a U.N. committee rejected its waiver request.
- On Monday, Iran condemned Austria for excluding Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization, from the United Nations nuclear agency gathering in Vienna, calling the decision a "serious breach" of Tehran's rights.
- Austria's ambassador to the IAEA, Christian Ebner, stated the country was forced to deny entry after a U.N. Security Council committee rejected Austria's request to exempt Eslami from a travel ban.
- Washington blocked the exemption request, with U.S. ambassador to the IAEA Preston Wells Griffith citing Iran's lack of "meaningful cooperation on nuclear safeguards" as the reason for the denial.
- Russian ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov echoed Iran and China in rejecting the sanction's legality, claiming Western nations "unleashed a genuine campaign of visa-related abuses" to settle scores with undesirable countries.
- The IAEA remains unable to verify Iran's stockpile of 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60% purity, having been blocked from nuclear sites since the 12-day war in June 2025.
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This is the first time that Mohammad Eslami has been denied access to the headquarters of IAEA, the United Nations nuclear authority.
Iran nuclear chief barred from Austria, Tehran blames US
Iran’s nuclear chief, Mohammad Eslami, was unable to attend the International Atomic Energy Agency’s, IAEA, annual conference in Vienna on Monday after Austria reportedly denied him entry, with Tehran accusing the United States of pressuring Vienna to block the Iranian delegation. Iranian state television reported that Eslami and members of his delegation flew to Vienna […] Iran nuclear chief barred from Austria, Tehran blames US
The head of the Iranian nuclear program has been denied entry to a meeting of the Atomic Energy Agency in Austria. He accused the US of exerting pressure.
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Insider PaperUS blocks Iran nuclear chief from Vienna meeting
Iran’s nuclear chief was blocked from attending an annual conference on Monday at the headquarters of the UN’s nuclear agency in Vienna after US pressure, both Washington and Tehran said. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright confirmed to reporters that Washington had applied pressure to stop Mohammad Eslami from entering Austria, saying “he’s a sanctioned individual and we don’t want sanctioned individuals evading their sanctions”. “He asked for a w…
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