UN, Iran and Egypt meet to discuss Iran’s nuclear program as enrichment continues

(2 Jun 2025)
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Cairo, Egypt - 2 June 2025
1. Mid and zoom-in of Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) and Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (right)
2. Wide of Araghchi, Abdelatty and delegates
3. Pan right of Abdelatty to Araghchi
4. Wide of discussion
5. Mid of Araghchi
6. Wide of Abdelatty and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in discussion, zoom-in on Grossi
7. Mid of Abdelatty
8. Various photo-opp of trilateral meeting between Araghchi (left), Abdelatty (middle) and Grossi (right)
9. Wide of Grossi (left) and Abdelatty (right)
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Badr Abdelatty, Egypt's Foreign Minister:
"The region has enough crises and enough security challenges, and what we need most at the present time is an escalation in this file (the Iranian nuclear file), and therefore we completely reject any escalation and any incitement to the military option, and we emphasize once again the importance of a peaceful solution and the importance of not escalating in the region to avoid undesirable consequences and to avoid entering into a prolonged state of chaos from which no one will escape."
11. Wide of press conference
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Grossi, IAEA Director General:
"When there is a negotiation, when there are proposals on the table that can embody a way forward which avoids conflict in a region that has suffered too much already, the IAEA has a role to play. Not as a negotiator but a facilitator, an enabler and a guarantor of any agreement. In this area of nuclear technology, trust is not enough, trust is one element, verification is the other element which needs to be there."
13. Mid of press conference
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Grossi, IAEA Director General:
"We know that there is an escalating tension here. On Saturday, I issued a comprehensive report detailing some of the areas where there's a need to get more transparency, but in parallel with that and very importantly, there is negotiation. You mentioned that, (referring to Abdelatty) between the United States and Iran which deserves all our support, this is very important."
15. Wide of Grossi and Abdelatty leaving the press conference
STORYLINE:
Iranian, Egyptian and U.N. leaders met in Cairo on Monday to discuss Iran’s nuclear program after the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Iran is further increasing its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the agency compiled its report, seen by The Associated Press over the weekend, because Iranian’s uranium enrichment is an ongoing concern for the IAEA’s board of governors.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Grossi as well as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.

Grossi stressed the need for negotiation at the joint press conference.

“We know that there is an escalating tension here. On Saturday, I issued a comprehensive report detailing some of the areas where there's a need to get more transparency, but in parallel with that and very importantly, there is negotiation”.

The IAEA report said that Iran, as of May 17, had amassed 408.6 kilograms (900.8 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60%.

That is an increase of almost 50% since the IAEA’s last report in February.

The 60% enriched material is a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.

Iran’s leadership said it believes the IAEA report is politically motivated by Grossi’s hopes of becoming the next U.N. secretary-general.
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