Iran (IMNA) – In an interview with Al Jazeera, Baghaei said that Grossi’s previous statements had paved the way for acts of aggression by the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran in June. He emphasized that the IAEA chief should avoid expressing baseless opinions about Iran’s nuclear activities.
Grossi, speaking on Wednesday, claimed that the agency had recently detected renewed movement at Iran’s nuclear sites, even though he acknowledged that the country did not appear to be actively enriching uranium. He added that while inspectors lacked full access to Iranian sites, satellite monitoring had not shown any indication that Iran accelerated uranium enrichment beyond pre-war levels.
In a confidential report to the IAEA Board of Governors on May 31, 2025, Grossi alleged that Iran had failed to report nuclear activities at three undeclared sites and raised concerns over uranium stockpiles enriched up to 60% purity.
Responding to that report, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said that the inclusion of irrelevant issues contradicted the agency’s professionalism, objectivity, and impartiality. The AEOI asserted that Iran’s 60% enrichment is not prohibited under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and that all related materials and activities remain fully declared and verified by the IAEA.
On June 13, Israel launched an unprovoked war against Iran, assassinating several high-ranking military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians. Over a week later, the United States joined the conflict by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in what Tehran described as a grave violation of the UN Charter, international law, and the NPT.
Before the attacks, Iran had warned the IAEA that any politically motivated actions could undermine Tehran’s cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog. Iranian officials maintain that Grossi’s report contributed to the Israeli aggression against the country.
Later in June, Iran’s Constitutional Council approved a parliamentary bill to suspend cooperation with the IAEA. The bill cites violations of Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity following US and Israeli strikes on its peaceful nuclear facilities and mandates the government to halt all collaboration with the agency.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said during a phone call with European Council President António Costa on July 9 that Tehran would resume cooperation with the IAEA only if double-standard policies toward Iran’s nuclear program are abandoned.
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