SAEDNEWS: The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Tehran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency is in a state of suspension, adding that the UN nuclear agency has no inspectors in Iran at present.
Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Esmaeil Baqaei said there are currently no IAEA inspectors inside Iran.
“For the time being, our discussion is not related to the manner of presence of the (IAEA) inspectors in the (Iranian nuclear) sites. We are currently in a state of suspension of cooperation,” the spokesman added.
Baqaei emphasized that cooperation with the IAEA needs to comply with the bills passed by the Iranian Parliament. “The Foreign Ministry feels duty-bound to arrange its interactions (with the IAEA) in compliance with (what the parliament) has approved.”
He further unveiled plans for a visit to Iran by a technical delegation of the IAEA, saying the UN nuclear agency’s representatives are expected to travel to Tehran within the next 10 days.
The spokesman also lashed out at the UN nuclear agency for refusing to condemn the illegal military attacks by the US and the Israeli regime against the nuclear facilities of Iran as a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
He noted that a biased report by the IAEA Board of Governors paved the political ground for the Zionist regime and the US that made up an excuse to attack Iran.
Iran has repeatedly complained about the IAEA’s politicized performance and has always urged the UN nuclear agency to act within the framework of its technical mission and refrain from being influenced by the others.
Iran is still a signatory to the NPT and the Safeguards Agreement, the spokesman stated, adding that Tehran will continue to honor its commitments as a law-abiding state.
While the Zionist regime waged an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on June 13 and struck Iran’s military, nuclear and residential areas for 12 days, the US stepped in and conducted military attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran’s Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan on June 22.
The Iranian military forces conducted powerful counterattacks immediately after the aggression. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force carried out 22 waves of retaliatory missile strikes against the Zionist regime as part of Operation True Promise III that inflicted heavy losses on cities across the occupied territories.
Also, in response to the US attacks, Iranian armed forces launched a wave of missiles at al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.
A ceasefire that came into force on June 24 brought the fighting to a halt.
