IAEA Silence on Israeli Strikes Tantamount to Complicity: Iran’s Nuclear Chief
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran accused the UN nuclear agency of aligning with Israel by refusing to condemn the regime’s June attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, warning that the silence undermines trust and amounts to complicity in military aggression.
Speaking on the sidelines of World Atomic Week in Moscow, Mohammad Eslami said the IAEA’s failure to denounce Israeli assaults against safeguarded Iranian nuclear sites demonstrates coordination with the strikes.
“When our registered facilities under IAEA supervision come under military attack, and neither the IAEA, the Security Council, nor the Board of Governors condemns it, what does that mean? It means these institutions are aligned with the military attack – they are part of it,” he told Sputnik in response to a question about future cooperation with the UN nuclear agency.
The AEOI chief stressed that Iran’s Parliament has set clear legislation to protect national security, noting that cooperation with the IAEA cannot continue until those legal conditions are fulfilled.
“If they refuse to condemn the attacks, how can you trust them? This concerns our national security. According to the IAEA statute and the safeguards system, the Agency was legally obliged to condemn the assaults. Its silence creates distrust,” he said, adding that Tehran had formally notified the IAEA of the incidents.
Eslami further explained that any continued cooperation with the IAEA must be based on the conditions defined by Iran’s Parliament and Foreign Ministry.
Agreements reached with the Agency must adhere to those requirements and serve as the framework for future engagement, he stated.
