--- title: "Saudi Arabia preparing to grant IAEA more intrusive powers, Grossi says" description: "Most outlets led with the statement by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi that Saudi Arabia is preparing to grant the agency more intrusive powers, while noting that a planned U.S.-Saudi atomic deal does not include Riyadh signing the Additional Protocol. A few also mentioned that something close to the protocol is in the works on some points. Dunya News briefly highlighted the U.S.-Saudi agreement on civil nuclear cooperation allowing uranium enrichment, but did not elaborate further." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/7042-saudi-arabia-preparing-to-grant-iaea-more-intrusive-powers site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Saudi Arabia preparing to grant IAEA more intrusive powers, Grossi says world · updated 7 Sep 2026, 9:47 PM PKT · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 articles from 5 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 5 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the statement by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi that Saudi Arabia is preparing to grant the agency more intrusive powers, while noting that a planned U.S.-Saudi atomic deal does not include Riyadh signing the Additional Protocol. A few also mentioned that something close to the protocol is in the works on some points. Dunya News briefly highlighted the U.S.-Saudi agreement on civil nuclear cooperation allowing uranium enrichment, but did not elaborate further. ## Same story from 5 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dunya News** — [Saudi Arabia preparing to grant IAEA more intrusive powers, Grossi says](https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/971803-saudi-arabia-preparing-to-grant-iaea-more-intrusive-powers-grossi-say) · 7 Sep 2026, 9:47 PM PKT > The US and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on civil nuclear power cooperation that would let Riyadh enrich uranium - **Aaj News (English)** — [Saudi Arabia preparing to grant IAEA more intrusive powers, Grossi says](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330471307/saudi-arabia-preparing-to-grant-iaea-more-intrusive-powers-grossi-says) · 7 Sep 2026, 9:03 PM PKT · 92% identical wording to the newest filing > A planned US-Saudi atomic ‌deal does not include Riyadh signing the Additional Protocol that gives the UN nuclear watchdog sweeping inspection powers, but something close to it on some points is in the works, the ​agency’s chief said on Monday. The US and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on ​civil nuclear power cooperation in July that would let Riyadh enrich uranium ⁠and build nuclear reactor... - **Business Recorder** — [Saudi Arabia preparing to grant IAEA more intrusive powers, Grossi says](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40438329/saudi-arabia-preparing-to-grant-iaea-more-intrusive-powers-grossi-says) · 7 Sep 2026, 8:40 PM PKT · 91% identical wording to the newest filing > VIENNA: A planned U.S.-Saudi atomic deal does not include Riyadh signing the Additional Protocol that gives the U.N. nuclear watchdog sweeping inspection powers, but something close to it on some points is in the works, the agency’s chief said on Monday. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on civil nuclear power cooperation in July that would let Riyadh enrich uranium and build nucle... - **Geo News** — [Saudi Arabia preparing to grant IAEA more intrusive powers: nuclear watchdog chief](https://www.geo.tv/latest/681021-saudi-arabia-preparing-to-grant-iaea-more-intrusive-powers-nuclear-watchdog-chief) · 7 Sep 2026, 6:48 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > UN 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 US and Saudi signed "123 agreement" in July.Deal doesn't include Saudi signing... - **Dawn** — [Saudi Arabia preparing to grant IAEA more powers, Grossi says](https://www.dawn.com/news/2028145/saudi-arabia-preparing-to-grant-iaea-more-powers-grossi-says) · 7 Sep 2026, 6:12 PM PKT · 89% identical wording to the newest filing > A planned US-Saudi atomic deal does not include Riyadh signing the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Additional Protocol that gives the UN nuclear watchdog sweeping inspection powers, but something close to it on some points is in the works, the agency’s chief said on Monday. The US and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on civil nuclear power cooperation in July that would let Riyadh ... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [US and Saudi Arabia sign civilian nuclear cooperation agreement](https://harzaviya.com/stories/603-us-and-saudi-arabia-sign-civilian-nuclear-cooperation) · 24 Jul 2026 · 3 outlets · 70% related 5 articles from 5 outlets, 7 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. 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