Nuclear: Iran officially suspends its cooperation with AIEA

The UN found “worrying” Iran’s decision on Wednesday to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) after its recent war with Israel.

On June 25, in the aftermath of the ceasefire imposed by Donald Trump after 12 days of war, the Iranian Parliament had voted massively a bill suspending cooperation with this UN agency responsible for nuclear security, against which Tehran multiplied the accusations.

The text officially entered into force on Wednesday after being promulgated by the Iranian president, Massoud Pezeshkian.

We have seen the official decision, which is obviously worrying. The secretary general (Antonio Guterres) was constant in his call for Iran to cooperate with theAieeareacted his spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric.

The State Department described it asunacceptableregretting that Iran has chosen to suspend its cooperation with theAieea At a time when he has the possibility of backing up and choosing the path of peace and prosperity.

Iran’s decision has caused the anger of Israel, its enemy since the Islamic revolution of 1979, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Saar, called the world to Use all means at its disposal to end Iranian nuclear ambitions.

He called Germany, France and the United Kingdom, the three European countries with China and the United States of the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement, in Restore all sanctions against Iran, NOW.

This agreement had become deciduous after the unilateral withdrawal of the United States in 2018 and Iran had then started to overcome its obligations.

Berlin described on Wednesday as disastrous signal The Iranian decision, essential for a diplomatic solution on nuclear.

Irreparable blow at the non-proliferation treaty

Affirming that the Islamic Republic was close to making nuclear weapons, Israel launched a massive attack on this country on June 13, hitting hundreds of nuclear and military sites.

Iran, which denies wanting to acquire the atomic bomb, but which defends its right to enrich uranium for civilian purposes, retaliated with missile and drone fire in Israel.

The bombings left at least 935 dead in Iran, according to an official assessment. In Israel, 28 people were killed by Iranian fire, the authorities said.

The law promulgated Wednesday aims at Ensure full support for the rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran et in particular the enrichment of uranium Under the non-proliferation treaty (TNP), according to Iranian media.

The question of enrichment is at the heart of disagreements between Iran and the United States, which had engaged in April indirect talks, interrupted by the war.

Iran joined in 1970 to TNPwhich guarantees the peaceful use of atomic energy, but began to prepare the land of a possible withdrawal during the Israeli offensive which carried an irreparable blow To this non-proliferation pact, according to the Iranian ambassador in Vienna, Reza Najafi.

The Director General of theAieeaRafael Grossi, had stressed on June 26 that Iran’s cooperation with this agency was a legal obligation, provided that Iran remains a signatory country of TNP.

Iranian uranium stocks

The law does not specify what concrete measures could lead to the suspension of cooperation with theAieeawhose inspectors have not had access to Iranian uranium stocks since June 10.

According to the deputy Alireza Salimi, quoted by the agency Norinspectors will now need the supreme national security council agreement to access the sites.

Iranian Ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, said on Sunday on the American channel CBS that inspectors were safely in Iran, but that Their activities were suspended.

Iranian officials had strongly denounced a silence From AIEA to Israeli and American bombings on Iranian nuclear sites.

Tehran had also criticized the agency for a resolution adopted on June 12, on the eve of the first Israeli strikes, which accused Iran of non-compliance with its obligations in the nuclear field.

Iranian officials claimed that this resolution was one of the excuses For the Israeli attack.

No visits to bombed nuclear sites

Iran has also rejected a Grosse Rafael request to visit its bombed nuclear installations, in order to be able to establish what happened to its stock of uranium enriched at a level close to the design threshold of an atomic bomb.

Mr. Grossi estimated that Iran had technical capacities to start enriching uranium from here a few months.

On June 27, the head of Iranian diplomacy, Abbas Araghchi, had denounced the malicious intentions of the chief of theAieea.

In support of the Israeli offensive, US President Donald Trump, had sent bombardiers on the night of June 21 to 22, hitting the underground site of Fordo uranium, south of Tehran, and nuclear installations in Ispahan and Natanz, in the center of Iran.

However, the extent of the damage to these installations remains uncertain.