Iran Might Accept US IAEA Inspectors if Nuclear Deal Reached 

Veiled Iranian girls exit from the entrance of the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 22 May 2025. (EPA)
Veiled Iranian girls exit from the entrance of the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 22 May 2025. (EPA)
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Iran Might Accept US IAEA Inspectors if Nuclear Deal Reached 

Veiled Iranian girls exit from the entrance of the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 22 May 2025. (EPA)
Veiled Iranian girls exit from the entrance of the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 22 May 2025. (EPA)

Iran might allow the UN atomic watchdog to send US inspectors to Iranian sites if Tehran's talks with Washington succeed, Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday.

Tehran and Washington are expected to hold a sixth round of talks to solve a decades-long dispute over Iran's nuclear program, with US President Donald Trump predicting "good news".

"It is normal that inspectors from hostile countries are not allowed, but if a nuclear deal is reached, we might allow American inspectors working for the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit our nuclear sites," Eslami told a press conference in Tehran.

The two countries have clashed over the issue of uranium enrichment in Iran, which Washington says is a possible pathway to building nuclear weapons and must be brought to zero.

Tehran maintains its nuclear program is exclusively for civilian purposes and views its enrichment industry as a red line.

"Enrichment is the foundation and pillar of the country's nuclear industry. Suppose someone is allowed to have an electricity substation and network, but not allowed to establish a power plant," Eslami said.



UK Police Arrest 4 Over Pro-Palestinian Protest at Military Base

Tourists walk past the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, and the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Tourists walk past the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, and the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
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UK Police Arrest 4 Over Pro-Palestinian Protest at Military Base

Tourists walk past the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, and the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Tourists walk past the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, and the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

British police have arrested four people in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest last week in which military planes were sprayed with paint at an air base in England, authorities said on Friday.

A woman, 29, and two men aged 36 and 24, were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, while another woman, 41, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, Reuters quoted the police as saying in a statement.

Two activists from the Palestine Action group broke into the air base in central England on June 20, damaging and spraying red paint over two planes used for refueling and transport, an act that was condemned by Prime Minister Keir Starmer as "disgraceful."

Within days the government set out plans to use anti-terrorism laws to
ban Palestine Action, making it a criminal offence to belong to the group. Interior minister Yvette Cooper then said its actions had become more aggressive and caused millions of pounds of damage.

The government also said last week that it was reviewing security across all British defense sites following the incident.