Archive · 22 Jan 2026
IAEA Chief Assures No Nuclear Threat in India-Pakistan Conflict
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, talked to NDTV about the India-Pakistan conflict in 2025.
He said there was no sign of nuclear weapons being involved.
The conflict was about regular weapons, not nuclear ones.
India did some big attacks called Operation Sindoor after a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 people.
India targeted places in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, killing over 100 terrorists.
Grossi explained that the IAEA checks nuclear places around the world but doesn't police nuclear weapons globally.
He also mentioned that countries should keep being careful about nuclear testing.
IAEA Chief Rafael Mariano Grossi assured no nuclear weapons were involved in the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict.
Operation Sindoor was a conventional military response to a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
India targeted nine terror-related sites in Pakistan and PoK, resulting in over 100 terrorist casualties.
Grossi clarified that the IAEA conducts inspections based on international treaties, not as a global nuclear police.
The IAEA and CTBTO have different roles in monitoring nuclear activities and testing.
- Who
- Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Chief; India and Pakistan
- What
- Assurance of no nuclear threat during India-Pakistan conflict
- When
- 2025, during Operation Sindoor
- Where
- India and Pakistan, with discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos
- Why
- To address concerns about nuclear weapons involvement in the conflict
- Operation Name
- Operation Sindoor
- Conflict Nature
- Conventional
- Casualties in Terror Attack
- 26
- Targeted Terror Groups
- Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen
- Terrorist Casualties
- Over 100
- IAEA's Role
- Inspections of nuclear facilities
- NPT Status of India and Pakistan
- Non-signatories
- CTBTO's Role
- Monitors nuclear testing