On Wednesday, Iranian deputies voted in favor of a bill to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to official television, after a 12 -day war that the United States and Israel carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities that Iran responded to attacking Israel with ballistic rallies and missiles.
221 voters out of 290 voted, in favor of the draft law, and one deputy refrained from voting, while no deputy voted against him, according to Iranian official television.
The television quoted the Speaker of the Shura Council (Parliament), Muhammad Baqir Qalibaf, as saying that “the International Atomic Energy Agency, which refused to issue even a limited condemnation of the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, sold its international credibility at the lowest prices,” TV quoted the Speaker of the Shura Council (Parliament) Muhammad Baqir Qalibaf.
“Therefore, the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization will suspend cooperation with the agency until the security of our nuclear facilities will be guaranteed, and the Iranian peaceful nuclear program will advance at a faster pace.”
The ISNA agency quoted a member of the Presidency of Parliament, Ali Reda Selimi, as saying that the draft law stipulates the prevention of the agency’s inspectors to enter Iran unless it is secured and guaranteed to ensure the security of Iranian nuclear establishments.
Selimi also explained that the Iranian National Security Council must agree to enter the agency’s inspectors, noting that Parliament has set sanctions for people who allow the agency’s inspectors to enter the country, stressing that the comment includes Tehran’s cooperation with the agency within the framework of the comprehensive guarantees agreement and the rest of the treaties.
For its part, the Iranian Noor News website indicated that the decision of Parliament needs to be approved by the Constitution Maintenance Council, which is the authorized body to review the legislation, and requires final approval from the Supreme Council of Iranian National Security.
The National Security Committee in the Iranian Parliament agreed earlier this week on the outlines of the draft law, and the committee’s spokesman Ibrahim Ridai stated that the draft law will stipulate the suspension of the installation of surveillance cameras, inspections and reports to the agency.
Calls call for the Iranian government to reduce its obligations towards the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty in the wake of Israeli attacks on its nuclear sites and the American bombing of Iranian nuclear installations underground early week.
Grusi: An unacceptable matter
On the other hand, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said that the international group cannot accept the inspection of inspection in Iranian nuclear facilities.
He added that there is an opportunity to re -address the issue of the Iranian nuclear program in the wake of the recent military conflict, noting that the inspection mechanism in Iranian nuclear sites is currently idle.
He also said that nuclear technological knowledge exists in Iran as well as industrial ability and no one can deny it.
Grossi said in a statement published by the agency on Tuesday that the resumption of cooperation between Tehran and the agency will play an important role in settling the dispute over its nuclear activities, expressing the agency’s inspectors’ readiness to perform their work in Iran.
He added that the agency has monitored significant damage in several Iranian nuclear facilities, which include sites for the transformation and enrichment of uranium, explaining that the evaluation shows local emissions of nuclear materials within these facilities, but without reports about increased levels of radiation outside them.
Kremlin: The agency’s reputation was damaged
On the other hand, the Kremlin said that the reputation of the International Atomic Energy Agency was severely damaged by the American and Israeli attacks on Iran’s facilities.
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said today, Wednesday, that he believes it is too early that any party can obtain an accurate perception of the extent of damage to Iranian nuclear facilities, in response to US President Donald Trump’s statements in which he said that the attacks were “completely destroyed” those nuclear facilities.
