UN nuclear chief: Inspection curbs limiting Iran monitoring

By PHILIPP JENNE and GEIR MOULSON
Associated Press

VIENNA (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has warned that his inspectors are close to being unable to “guarantee” they know what’s going on at all of Iran’s nuclear sites. The comments Wednesday by Rafael Mariano Grossi represented a stark alarm after his trip to Tehran produced no results on ending limits Iran has placed on inspections. Grossi’s words also sharply contrasted the optimistic tone his Iranian hosts offered the day before. They signal the Islamic Republic’s new, harder line as renewed talks over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers resume next week.