The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Receives Tight Security in Vienna Due to "Iranian Threats"

The "Wall Street Journal" revealed in its issue published on Tuesday, August 26, citing informed sources, that the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, "has been under tight security protection for weeks following an Iranian threat."

One of the informed sources told the American newspaper that "the elite unit of Austrian security services is responsible for protecting Grossi after the Austrian intelligence agency received information about a threat to the agency's head from an external party." The headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency is located in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

These security measures came at a time when relations between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency are experiencing noticeable tension, as Tehran suspended cooperation with the agency following the war that took place between it and Israel, which lasted 12 days last June. Iran also issued a law that "does not allow any future inspections of Iranian nuclear sites by the International Atomic Energy Agency without the approval of the Supreme National Security Council," the highest security body in the country.

In a simultaneous development, Tehran held nuclear talks on Tuesday with the three European powers: Britain, Germany, and France. In this context, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency stated during an interview with the American network "Fox News" that "the first team of agency inspectors has returned to Iran."

The meeting held in Geneva between senior officials from Iran and the European powers focused on the West's demand for Tehran to return to nuclear inspection and diplomacy, with a threat of imposing sanctions on it if this development does not occur.