Iran’s President signs law suspending cooperation with IAEA in response to US-Israeli airstrikes

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Photo: PressTV

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has signed a law suspending Tehran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a step taken in response to the 12-day US-Israeli war against Iran, which involved US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Under the law, which was approved by Iran’s parliament on June 25, Iran will not allow IAEA inspectors into the country unless the security of its nuclear facilities and its right to peaceful nuclear activities are guaranteed, which is subject to the discretion of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

Iran’s PressTV also cited the “politically motivated” resolution that was passed by the IAEA’s Board of Governors a day before Israel launched its initial attacks on Iran as a reason for suspending cooperation with the nuclear watchdog. The resolution claimed that Iran wasn’t living up to its commitments under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and it was mainly based on alleged nuclear activity from over 20 years ago, which posed no risk of proliferation.

PressTV said that the resolution was used as an “excuse” for Israel to launch the war. Both the US and the IAEA had no proof that Iran was working toward a nuclear weapon before Israel launched the war.

Iran has also alleged that Israel obtained the names of Iranian nuclear scientists it has killed from the IAEA, and has been critical of the watchdog for remaining silent on Israel’s secret nuclear weapons program.

Israel is estimated to have somewhere between 90 and 300 nuclear weapons, and its nuclear arsenal gets very little attention since neither the US nor Israel acknowledges its existence.

Before the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran made clear that there would be consequences related to the oversight of its nuclear program if its nuclear facilities were attacked.

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