IAEA chief Grossi gets special police protection over threats as deadline approaches over Iran sanctions
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is receiving special police protection from Austria following a threat, the Vienna-based organisation acknowledged Wednesday, as its inspectors reportedly returned to Iran to monitor a fuel transfer at the country’s sole nuclear power plant.
The protection for Director-General Rafael Grossi comes as tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme are rising again. France, Germany and the United Kingdom appear poised to declare “snapback” – the reimplementation of United Nations sanctions on the Islamic Republic over it not allowing IAEA inspections, and other concerns.
