NEW YORK CITY: The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, on Wednesday said that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons, pushing back against what he described as persistent misquoting of the agency’s position.

Speaking at the UN headquarters in New York, he said the Iranians “are not, and they were not,” attempting to develop nuclear weapons.

“I want to be very clear on this,” he added. “We are often misquoted about this and people say that we have said things we never said.”