by Euronows, AP
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Iran’s parliament has approved a bill that suspends cooperation with the UN’s nuclear watchdog, state-affiliated media reports.
According to Iran’s national media, politicians unanimously supported the move against the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Bills that say future IAEA testing must be permitted by the highest national security council, must be approved by the Guardian Council, which is not elected to become law.
“The International Atomic Energy Agency, which refused to even slightly condemn the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, has auctioned off international credibility,” Congress president Mohammad Bagh Garribah told state television.
“Iran’s atomic energy organization will suspend cooperation with the IAEA until the safety of our nuclear facilities is guaranteed,” he added.
His words came just after the end of almost two weeks’ battle between Iran and Israel. It began on June 13th, when Israeli forces attacked Iranian forces and killed some of its main commanders.
The conflict escalated further over the weekend when the US struck three Iranian nuclear sites with bombs.
US President Donald Trump has suggested that the strike “eliminates” Iran’s nuclear program. However, subsequent US Intelligence Reports raised doubts about the claim.
The report found that the facility was severely damaged, but they estimated that they had not been completely destroyed and that the program had only retreated for a few months. The White House dismissed the report as “flat out wrong.”
The Vienna-based IAEA, which has long monitored Iran’s nuclear activity, has sought new access to Iran’s facilities.
Bodhis manager Rafael Grossi said he had already written to Iran to discuss reopening tests for their nuclear facilities.
Among other things, Iran claims it has driven a more highly rich uranium than the American strike, and Grossi said his inspectors need to reevaluate the country’s stockpile.
“We need to go back,” he said. “We need to be engaged.”
Just before the outbreak of a fight between Iran and Israel, the IAEA officially discovered Tehran that it had not violated its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years.
Of the 35 countries on the agency’s board of directors, 19 voted for the motion. This was supported by the US, UK, France and Germany.
The IAEA said it refused to give a full answer to undeclared nuclear material and activity amid “many failures” in Iran. He also expressed concern about Iran’s stockpile of uranium enriched.
Tehran continues to argue that the nuclear program is peace.
