U.N. nuclear agency chief says Iran inspections will happen, at some point

8m ago IAEA chief says nuclear inspection of Iranian sites will happen, but timing "not essential" The head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency signaled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim deal between the United States and Iran to reach an end to the war. The comment by International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Mariano Grossi was the firmest yet from the United Nations agency, which is viewed as key in determining the status of Iran's nuclear stockpile. The U.S. and Iran offered contradictory remarks Tuesday about whether those sites would be inspected. "I can understand political statements, they are part of the reality, but the fundamental thing I would like to remind you (of) and draw your attention to is that there has been a Memorandum of Understanding, signed by both presidents," Grossi told journalists at a news conference from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. The accord "explicitly states that the nuclear activities that are going to be carried out with the regards of the nuclear material facilities will be supervised by the IAEA — in all letters," he said. This handout picture provided by the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran on Nov. …