Iran officially suspended its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday July 2, after having multiplied the accusations against it since the recent war with Israel.
On June 25, in the aftermath of the ceasefire which ended twelve days of war, the Iranian Parliament had voted massively a bill which suspends cooperation between the Islamic Republic and this UN agency.
The law was then approved by the Guardian Council, the body responsible for examining the legislation in Iran, before being ratified by the Iranian president, Massoud Pezeshkian, and thus to enter into force. Mr. Pezeshkian “Promulgated the law suspending cooperation” With the IAEA, public television announced on Wednesday. The spokesman for Iranian diplomacy, Esmaïl Baghaï, said on Monday that the voting of the parliament reflected “The concern and anger of Iranian public opinion”.
Iranian officials had strongly denounced what they call the « silence » of the IAEA in the face of Israeli and American bombings on Iran’s 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. Some policies said this resolution was one of the « excuses » advanced to justify the Israeli attack.
“Malventy intentions”
Iran has also rejected a request, on the part of the Director General of the AIEA, Rafael Grossi, of visiting its bombed nuclear installations, so that it is possible to establish what happened to the uranium stock 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 by “A few months ». On June 27, the head of Iranian diplomacy, Abbas Araghchi, had denounced the “Malventy intentions” of the head of the AIAA.
France, Germany and the United Kingdom, the three European countries long involved in Iranian nuclear negotiations, had denounced “Threats” proferified against Rafael Grossi. The three countries had called Iran “To take all the measures necessary to guarantee the safety and safety of the AIAA staff”. Berlin described on Wednesday as “Disastrous signal” this decision, which “Speaker the Iranian nuclear program from any international surveillance”said Martin Giese, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a press conference.
Affirming that Iran was about to acquire the atomic bomb, an ambition that has been denied by Tehran, Israel had launched strikes on the Iranian nuclear and military facilities, which led to the death of high offices and scientists developing the nuclear program.
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The bombings left at least 935 dead in Iran, according to an official assessment. In Israel, 28 people were killed by Iranian missiles and drones pulled in response. President Donald Trump had sent bombers during the night of June 21 to 22, hitting the underground site for enriching Fordo uranium, south of Tehran, and nuclear installations located in Ispahan and Natanz, in the center of Iran.
According to Donald Trump, American bombings have “Anniéanti” The Iranian nuclear program, but the extent of the damage to the installations remains uncertain. Israel had recognized after the ceasefire that it was too early to assess the damage.
