World must not fail in Iran as it did in North Korea -UN nuclear chief

FILE PHOTO: U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi attends a press conference during the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The world must not fail in Iran as it did in North Korea, which kicked out International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors and developed nuclear weapons, the U.N. nuclear watchdog's chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday.

The IAEA has not had access to North Korea since Pyongyang expelled its inspectors in 2009 and it now observes its nuclear advances from afar including through satellite imagery.