Iran Inspections Face a Timing Fight

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency said Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors as part of the interim U.S.-Iran deal to reach an end to the war. An Iranian diplomat instead insisted any such visit would only come after a final deal.

1. Frame 1U.N. nuclear agency says inspectors will visit Iran sites under an interim U.S. deal, making access rules the security stake.
2. Frame 2Iran says access to damaged nuclear facilities should come only inside a final U.S. deal.
3. Frame 3Grossi says modalities mean dates, procedures, and places; Iran wants those gates settled later.
4. Frame 4The memorandum gives negotiators 60 days to turn public claims into private deal terms.
5. Frame 5IAEA supervision matters because dilution of highly enriched uranium is written into the agreement.
6. Frame 6Next decision: whether site access begins before or after final U.S.-Iran terms.