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26-06-2025
TEHRAN: Iran’s parliament approved a bill on Wednesday to suspend cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, state-affiliated news outlet Nournews reported.
The move follows an air war with Israel in which Iran’s longtime enemy said it wanted to prevent Tehran developing a nuclear weapon.
The bill, which must be approved by Iran’s unelected Guardian Council to become law, stipulates that any future inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would need approval by the Supreme National Security Council.
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf was quoted by state media as also saying Iran would accelerate its civilian nuclear program.
Tehran denies seeking nuclear weapons and says an IAEA resolution this month declaring Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations paved the way for Israel’s attacks.
Qalibaf was quoted as saying the IAEA had refused even to appear to condemn the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and “has put its international credibility up for sale.”
He said that “for this reason, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran will suspend its cooperation with the Agency until the security of the nuclear facilities is guaranteed, and move at a faster pace with the country’s peaceful nuclear program.”
Parliament’s national security committee approved the bill’s general outline this week and the committee’s spokesperson said the bill would suspend the installation of surveillance cameras, inspections and filing of reports to the IAEA.
The IAEA did not immediately comment on the Iranian parliament’s approval of the bill. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday he was seeking the return of inspectors to Iranian sites including the plants where it was enriching uranium until Israel launched strikes on June 13.
The full extent of the damage done to nuclear sites during the Israeli attacks and US bombing of underground Iranian nuclear facilities is not yet clear.
“I think that our view on our nuclear program and the non-proliferation regime will witness changes but it is not possible to say in what direction,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told Qatar’s Al-Araby Al-Jadeed this week.
Iran relaxes internet restrictions amid ceasefire
Iranian officials have said they will gradually drop network constraints that have been in effect since the conflict began with Israel.
“The communication network is gradually returning to its previous state,” said the IRGC’s cybersecurity command in a statement carried by state media.
Communication Minister Sattar Hashemi added in a post on social media “with the normalization of conditions, the state of communication access has returned to its previous conditions.”
Earlier, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said Iran agreed to the ceasefire with Israel after being approached by Qatar, which had been contacted by the US.
While Iranian people “suffered a lot” from the war, they stood firmly against attacks from the US and Israel, he told media.
“Our people were massacred by Israel’s aggression,” Baghaei said. “That’s war crimes, crimes against humanity and they (Israel) have to be held accountable but “the point is our people showed they are resolute in their defence of national security and sovereignty,” he added.
It’s clear from the president and foreign minister’s statements that Iran’s nuclear program will continue despite everything that has happened.
While US and Israeli attacks hit three of Iran’s facilities, we don’t yet know if they are completely destroyed. There are also other facilities. (Int’l News Desk)
