A senior Iranian nuclear official is barred from speaking at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) general conference in Vienna, according to reports citing US pressure. The official had been scheduled to address the conference but is blocked from participating in the opening session.
Both outlets describe the action as the result of pressure from the Trump administration. One report says the move prevents the Iranian official from addressing the IAEA general conference at the venue in Vienna, while another specifies that the barred individual is among Tehran’s most senior nuclear representatives. The Jerusalem Post also reports that a lower-level Iranian representative may still be able to address the conference later in the week.
The accounts align on the core event—exclusion of a senior Iranian nuclear figure from the conference—and differ mainly in how they describe the likelihood of later participation by other Iranian delegates.
