“It is not a favor, it is a legal obligation.” The Iranian Parliament voted on Wednesday, June 26 in favor of a cooperation suspension with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IEA) on Wednesday, June 26, which is still “an obligation” according to its boss, after twelve days of war marked by Israeli and American attacks in nuclear facilities.
“The OIEA, who refused to condemn even a small attack against Iranian nuclear facilities, committed his international credibility,” said Parliament President Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, cited by state television, after the vote of the deputies.
“The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization will suspect its cooperation with the OIEA provided that the safety of nuclear facilities is not guaranteed,” added this manager, without giving details about these conditions.
The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baqaei, on the other hand, told the official Irna agency that Cooperation with AIEA “was necessarily assigned.”
He blamed the UN Agency for adopting a resolution on June 12, accusing Iran of breach of its nuclear obligations, which has become “one of the main excuses” for US and Israeli attacks.
“Legal Obligation”
“Iran’s cooperation with us is not a favor, it is a legal obligation, provided that they will remain a signatory country for the Non -Proliferation Treaty (TNP),” replied at night the general director of the OIEA, Rafael Grossi, in the channel of France 2.
In the question center, the location or the possible destruction in the Israeli strikes of about 400 kg of highly enriched uranium, which the Iranians may have moved before the place where they were stored was hit.
“The OIEA lost visibility in this material from the moment the hostilities began (…) I would not want to give the impression that it is lost or that it is hidden,” said Rafael Grossi, who met the French president Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday night in Paris.
“As soon as hostilities have stopped and have especially seen the sensitivity around these materials, I think it is in the interest of everything we can assume our activities as quickly as possible,” he added, in reference to the control mission of the Iranian program of AIAA agents.
“It is urgent that the agency can resume its mission in Iran,” also hit the French president on the X network, pointing out his “essential role for nuclear safety and safety.” Iran has been a signatory since 1970 of the Non -Proliferation Treaty (TNP) that guarantees the peaceful use of atomic energy under the control of the OIEA.
Approval of the Guardian Council
In 2015, after the negotiation years, an agreement that establishes a drastic strengthening of surveillance, in exchange for a gradual survey of international sanctions had concluded with the main powers. This “Vienna” agreement, the US president, Donald Trump, had been denounced unilaterally in 2018 in 2018, during his first term.
To enter into force, the text voted on Wednesday by the Iranian Parliament requires the approval of the Guardian Council, an authorized body to examine the legislation. Two hundred and deputies voted in favor of the text, another has abstained and none voted against, according to state television.
Deputy Alireza Salimi said that by virtue of this decision, Iran would not authorize the IEA inspectors to access nuclear facilities, unless the Supreme National Security Council approved it, according to the ISNA news agency.
“Special Measures”
Israel launched a bombing campaign on June 13 that went to Iranian nuclear and military facilities and led to the death of high -risk military commanders and scientists who developed the nuclear program. Iran has always denied the search to acquire nuclear weapons, while affirming his right to civil nuclear.
The United States, allies of Israel on Sunday, launched unprecedented attacks on the nuclear sites of Ford, Isfahan and Natanz, before Donald Trump began in force on Tuesday. The parliamentarians sang “Death to America!” And “Death to Israel!” After the vote, state television reported.
The general director of the OIEA, the UN agency based in Vienna, had claimed access to Iranian nuclear sites to establish what happened with the enriched uranium stock at a level close to the design threshold of an atomic bomb.
The fears are even stronger such as June 13, the date of the launch of the Israeli offensive, the head of the Iranian diplomacy, Abbas Araghchi, had sent a letter that indicates the implementation of “special measures to protect the nuclear equipment and matter.”
Source: BFM TV
