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Nuclear inspectors leave Iran after cooperation halted over airstrikes

Despite blocking IAEA inspectors from tracking uranium enrichment, Tehran says diplomatic channels remain open.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, second from left, meets with officials from China, Iran and Russia at Vienna in April to discuss Tehran's nuclear program.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, second from left, meets with officials from China, Iran and Russia at Vienna in April to discuss Tehran's nuclear program. (AN/Dean Calma/IAEA)

The International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspectors have left Iran, just two days after the country suspended cooperation with the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency.

The move comes as experts warn that the American and Israeli airstrikes on key nuclear facilities will likely drive Iran's nuclear program underground and make it harder for international observers to be certain if Tehran is building a bomb.

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