[News] Iran's parliament approves bill to suspend cooperation with UN nuclear agency

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Iran's parliament approves bill to suspend cooperation with UN nuclear
agency
Presstv
June 25, 2025
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A view of Iran's parliament in session. (File photo)

*Iran’s parliament (Majlis) has approved a bill to suspend Tehran’s
cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) following
its politically-motivated resolution against the Islamic Republic.*

The general and specific provisions of the bill to suspend cooperation with
the IAEA have been approved by lawmakers, said Alireza Salimi, a member of
the parliament’s presiding board, on Wednesday.

According to the parliament’s resolution, IAEA inspectors will not be
permitted to enter Iran unless the security of the country's nuclear
facilities and that of peaceful nuclear activities is guaranteed, which is
subject to the approval of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

Before Wednesday’s voting, Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer
Qalibaf, denounced the IAEA for failing to condemn US strikes on Iran’s
nuclear facilities.

“The IAEA, which did not even formally condemn the attack on Iran’s nuclear
facilities, has put its international credibility up for sale; for this
reason, the AEOI will suspend its cooperation with the Agency until the
security of its nuclear facilities is guaranteed, and Iran’s peaceful
nuclear program will proceed at an even faster pace,” he stated.

“With the utmost skepticism, we will not be deceived by any promise, and
more prepared than ever, with our finger on the trigger, we will respond
forcefully to any aggressor.”

The speaker also stressed that Israel not only failed to stop Iran’s
enrichment and limit its missile program but also suffered unprecedented
damage to its military infrastructure, with cities across the occupied
territories becoming unsafe and the myth of the Iron Dome shattered.

He further emphasized that Iran’s offensive capabilities have made the
occupiers restless, destroying any sense of security or hope for the future
there. Touching on the ongoing ceasefire, he stressed that Washington
sought a truce after Iran’s response targeted the US’s military base in
Qatar with advanced missiles.

Qalibaf added that Iran has yet to use its full capabilities, including
influence over the global energy economy.

“Backed by the support of all Iranians at home and abroad, the Armed Forces
of the Islamic Republic of Iran made the Zionist regime miserable by
aggravating its existential crisis and deterred the US from further
aggression against Iran, fulfilling the true promise of the wise Leader of
the Revolution,” he asserted.

The vote comes a few days after Qalibaf said the top legislative body was
considering a bill to suspend Tehran’s cooperation with the UN agency.

“Majlis (the Iranian Parliament) is drafting a plan to suspend cooperation
with the agency until tangible guarantees regarding the professional
attitude of this international organization are received,” Qalibaf said
during an open session of the parliament on Monday.

Iran is also considering an entry ban on the IAEA chief, Rafael Grossi, who
has come under fire for facilitating the Israeli-American aggression
against Iran.

Kowsari, a senior lawmaker, said on Monday that he has urged the Supreme
National Security Council to impose an entry ban on Grossi.

Based on Grossi’s politically-motivated reports, the IAEA Board of
Governors passed an anti-Iran resolution days ahead of the Israeli
aggression against the Islamic Republic.

It was the first claim of non-compliance against Iran in nearly 20 years,
falsely accusing the country of violating safeguards obligations, with the
measure adopted by 19 votes in favor, 11 abstentions, and 3 countries
opposed (Russia, China, and Burkina Faso).

The controversial resolution, pushed by the European troika – Britain,
France and Germany - and backed by the United States, prompted strong
condemnations from the Islamic Republic and led to announcements of a new
nuclear facility and upgradation of centrifuges to an advanced level at the
Fordow enrichment plant.

Grossi’s political and biased report and the subsequent resolution,
according to analysts, facilitated the Israeli regime’s brutal aggression
on June 13, leading to the assassination of several nuclear scientists as
well as high-ranking military commanders.

After the Israeli aggression, including against the Natanz nuclear plant in
central Iran, the UN nuclear agency chief stopped short of unequivocally
condemning the terrorist act, which was in brazen violation of
international law.

He also refused to condemn the American aggression against three key
Iranian nuclear sites—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—using B-2 stealth bombers
armed with Massive Ordnance Penetrators and cruise missiles.

While Israel and the White House claimed that the strikes destroyed the
facilities, a preliminary intelligence report by the US Defense
Intelligence Agency (DIA) said that the strikes caused less damage than
publicly claimed by US President Donald Trump and his administration.

The initial assessment also said that the strikes likely set Tehran’s
nuclear program back by only a matter of months.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, said the head of the UN
nuclear watchdog has become "a tool in the hands of the Zionist regime and
the US” and thus an accomplice in their crimes against the Iranian nation.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Grossi has
"betrayed" the non-proliferation regime and made the IAEA "a partner to an
unjust war of aggression."

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami,
stressed that Tehran will take all necessary legal measures to defend its
rights and hold the IAEA chief responsible for failing to act in the face
of the Israeli onslaught on the country.

In a letter to Grossi last Thursday, Eslami addressed the issue of the
IAEA’s lack of action over continued Israeli aggression against the
country, including attacks on nuclear sites.

He said the Israeli regime’s attacks on Iranian nuclear sites constitute a
clear violation of Geneva Convention and related protocols, UN Charter and
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Works of Atomic Weapons, Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Comprehensive Non-Proliferation Agreement
between Iran and the UN agency, the safety standards of the UN agency and
other relevant international conventions.

Former Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif also took to X to
denounce Grossi’s “irresponsible and fallacious" IAEA report, which he said
caused “irreparable damage to the agency.”

“He must be held accountable for his complicity in the death of innocents
in Iran caused by Israeli aggression using his report as a pretext," Zarif
wrote.
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