WEDNESDAY April 16, 2025 |
By thenewsdesk.ng
Iran is not far from having an atomic bomb, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog was quoted as saying in a Le Monde interview published on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, just hours before a visit to Tehran, AFP reports.
International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, head Rafael Grossi stated that Iran still had a way to go before acquiring the bomb, but added, “They’re not far from it, you have to acknowledge.”
Grossi compared the development of a nuclear weapon to a jigsaw puzzle, saying that Iran “has the pieces and they could eventually put them together one day.”
Grossi was scheduled to arrive in Iran later on Wednesday for talks with senior officials.
The UN watchdog has been tasked with overseeing Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, which collapsed after Donald Trump withdrew from it during his first term as US president.
