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Arab News
an hour ago
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- Arab News
Guardian Council in Iran approves law to end cooperation with nuclear watchdog
TEHRAN: Iran's powerful Guardian Council on Thursday approved legislation that would suspend Tehran's cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. The proposed suspension, which will now be submitted to President Masoud Pezeshkian for final ratification, would 'ensure full respect for the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran ... especially with regard to uranium enrichment,' spokesman Hadi Tahan Nazif said. The watchdog passed a resolution two weeks ago accusing Iran of non-compliance with its nuclear obligations. A suspension of cooperation with the agency would deny UN inspectors access to Iran's uranium enrichment operations at Fordow, Isfan and Natanz, which were attacked in US bombing raids last Sunday. Meanwhile confusion continued to surround the location of Iran's stockpile of about 400 kg of highy enriched uranium. Satellite images from before Sunday's attacks showed a long line of vehicles outside the Fordow plant. Some experts believe Iran used the convoy to move the uranium and other nuclear components, and is hiding them elsewhere. However, US President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth both insisted on Thursday that the stockpile at Fordow had been destroyed. 'The cars and small trucks at the site were those of concrete workers trying to cover up the top of the shafts. Nothing was taken out,' Trump said. Hegseth said: 'I'm not aware of any intelligence that I've reviewed that says things were not where they were supposed to be.'
South China Morning Post
5 hours ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Iran vetting body okays bill suspending UN nuclear watchdog cooperation
The Iranian body tasked with vetting legislation approved a bill to suspend cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday, citing recent US and Israeli strikes. Iranian lawmakers voted in favour of the bill on Wednesday, a day after a ceasefire ended a 12-day war with Israel that saw Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Since the start of the war on June 13, Iranian officials have sharply criticised the International Atomic Energy Agency for failing to condemn the strikes. Iran has also criticised the watchdog for passing a resolution on June 12 accusing it of non-compliance with its nuclear obligations. Iranian officials say the censure motion was 'one of the main excuses' for the Israeli and US attacks. 'The government is required to suspend all cooperation with the IAEA to ensure full respect for the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran,' Guardian Council spokesman Hadi Tahan Nazif told the official IRNA news agency. He said the move was prompted by the 'attacks … by the Zionist regime and the United States against peaceful nuclear facilities'.
Iraqi News
6 hours ago
- Politics
- Iraqi News
Iran vetting body okays bill suspending cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog
Tehran – The Iranian body tasked with vetting legislation approved a bill to suspend cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday, citing recent US and Israeli strikes. Iranian lawmakers voted in favour of the bill on Wednesday, a day after a ceasefire ended a 12-day war with Israel that saw Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Since the start of the war on June 13, Iranian officials have sharply criticised the International Atomic Energy Agency for failing to condemn the strikes. Iran has also criticised the watchdog for passing a resolution on June 12 accusing it of non-compliance with its nuclear obligations. Iranian officials say the censure motion was 'one of the main excuses' for the Israeli and US attacks. 'The government is required to suspend all cooperation with the IAEA to ensure full respect for the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran,' Guardian Council spokesman Hadi Tahan Nazif told the official IRNA news agency. He said the move was prompted by the 'attacks… by the Zionist regime and the United States against peaceful nuclear facilities.' The bill, which will now be submitted to President Masoud Pezeshkian for final ratification, would allow Iran 'to benefit from all the entitlements specified under… the Non-Proliferation Treaty especially with regard to uranium enrichment,' Nazif said. Key Tehran ally Moscow had earlier spoken out against the move to suspend coooperation with the IAEA. 'We are interested in continuing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA, so that everybody respects Iran's repeated statements that Iran does not have and will not have plans to develop a nuclear weapon,' Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference. Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a post on X that cooperation with the watchdog was 'not possible' at this time until security at Iran's nuclear facilities 'is ensured.' Israel launched a major bombing campaign on June 13 that targeted Iranian nuclear and military facilities and killed top scientists and commanders. On Sunday, Israel's ally the United States launched unprecedented strikes of its own on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz. A ceasefire between Iran and Israel took effect on Tuesday.
France 24
9 hours ago
- Politics
- France 24
Iran vetting body okays bill suspending cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog
Iranian lawmakers voted in favour of the bill on Wednesday, a day after a ceasefire ended a 12-day war with Israel that saw Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Since the start of the war on June 13, Iranian officials have sharply criticised the International Atomic Energy Agency for failing to condemn the strikes. Iran has also criticised the watchdog for passing a resolution on June 12 accusing it of non-compliance with its nuclear obligations. Iranian officials say the censure motion was "one of the main excuses" for the Israeli and US attacks. "The government is required to suspend all cooperation with the IAEA to ensure full respect for the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Guardian Council spokesman Hadi Tahan Nazif told the official IRNA news agency. He said the move was prompted by the "attacks... by the Zionist regime and the United States against peaceful nuclear facilities." The bill, which will now be submitted to President Masoud Pezeshkian for final ratification, would allow Iran "to benefit from all the entitlements specified under... the Non-Proliferation Treaty especially with regard to uranium enrichment," Nazif said. Key Tehran ally Moscow had earlier spoken out against the move to suspend coooperation with the IAEA. "We are interested in continuing cooperation between Iran and the IAEA, so that everybody respects Iran's repeated statements that Iran does not have and will not have plans to develop a nuclear weapon," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference. Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a post on X that cooperation with the watchdog was "not possible" at this time until security at Iran's nuclear facilities "is ensured." Israel launched a major bombing campaign on June 13 that targeted Iranian nuclear and military facilities and killed top scientists and commanders. On Sunday, Israel's ally the United States launched unprecedented strikes of its own on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz. A ceasefire between Iran and Israel took effect on Tuesday.
