Iran president signs law suspending cooperation with IAEA

Iran is besides considering an introduction prohibition connected IAEA main Rafael Grossi, aft rejecting his petition to sojourn atomic sites.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has signed a instrumentality suspending practice with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), amid increasing tensions betwixt Tehran and the UN atomic watchdog implicit monitoring entree and transparency, aft United States and Israeli strikes connected its astir important atomic facilities during a 12-day struggle past month.

“Masoud Pezeshkian promulgated the instrumentality suspending practice with the International Atomic Energy Agency,” Iranian authorities TV reported connected Wednesday.

The determination comes a week aft Iran’s parliament passed authorities to suspend practice with the IAEA, citing Israel’s June 13 onslaught connected Iran and later strikes by the US on Iranian atomic facilities.

According to the parliament resolution, IAEA inspectors volition not beryllium allowed to sojourn atomic sites without support from Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

Iran’s overseas curate earlier this week said IAEA main Rafael Grossi, whom Iranian officials person sharply criticised for failing to condemn Israeli and US strikes during the caller 12-day war, was nary longer invited successful the country.

Officials person besides criticised Grossi implicit a June 12 solution passed by the IAEA committee accusing Tehran of non-compliance with its atomic obligations.

Iranian officials said the solution was among the “excuses” for the Israeli attacks.

Iran has besides rejected a request from IAEA main Grossi to sojourn atomic facilities bombed during the war.

“Grossi’s insistence connected visiting the bombed sites nether the pretext of safeguards is meaningless and perchance adjacent malign successful intent,” said Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi connected X connected Monday. “Iran reserves the close to instrumentality immoderate steps successful defence of its interests, its radical and its sovereignty.”

Earlier this week, Pezeshkian decried Grossi’s “destructive” conduct, portion France, Germany and the United Kingdom person condemned unspecified “threats” made against the IAEA chief.

Iran’s ultra-conservative Kayhan paper precocious claimed that documents showed Grossi was an Israeli spy and should beryllium executed.

Iran has insisted nary threats were posed against Grossi oregon the agency’s inspectors.

The 12-day warfare began erstwhile Israel carried retired a astonishment bombardment of Iranian atomic facilities and subject sites and assassinated respective apical subject commanders and atomic scientists. Tehran responded with waves of missiles and drones astatine Israel.

On June 22, Israel’s ally, the US, launched unprecedented strikes of its ain connected Iranian atomic facilities astatine Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz. A ceasefire betwixt Iran and Israel took clasp connected June 24.

At slightest 935 radical were killed successful Israeli attacks connected Iran, according to judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir, citing the latest forensic data. The deceased included 132 women and 38 children, Jahangir added.

Iran’s retaliatory attacks killed 28 radical successful Israel, according to authorities.

US President Donald Trump said the US attacks had “obliterated” Iran’s atomic programme, though the grade of the harm was not clear.

Araghchi has admitted that “serious” harm has been inflicted connected atomic sites.

But successful a caller interrogation with US media outlet CBS Evening News, helium said: “One cannot obliterate the exertion and science… done bombings.”

Israel and immoderate Western countries accidental Iran has sought atomic weapons – an ambition Tehran has consistently denied.