Iran president signs law suspending cooperation with IAEA
'Masoud Pezeshkian promulgated the law suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency,' Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday.
The move comes a week after Iran's parliament passed legislation to suspend cooperation with the IAEA, citing Israel's June 13 attack on Iran and later strikes by the US on Iranian nuclear facilities.
According to the parliament resolution, IAEA inspectors will not be allowed to visit nuclear sites without approval from Iran's Supreme National Security Council.
Iran's foreign minister earlier this week said IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, whom Iranian officials have sharply criticised for failing to condemn Israeli and US strikes during the recent 12-day war, was no longer welcome in the country.
Officials have also criticised Grossi over a June 12 resolution passed by the IAEA board accusing Tehran of non-compliance with its nuclear obligations.
Iranian officials said the resolution was among the 'excuses' for the Israeli attacks.
Iran has also rejected a request from IAEA chief Grossi to visit nuclear facilities bombed during the war.
'Grossi's insistence on visiting the bombed sites under the pretext of safeguards is meaningless and possibly even malign in intent,' said Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on X on Monday. 'Iran reserves the right to take any steps in defence of its interests, its people and its sovereignty.'
Earlier this week, Pezeshkian decried Grossi's 'destructive' conduct, while France, Germany and the United Kingdom have condemned unspecified 'threats' made against the IAEA chief.
Iran's ultra-conservative Kayhan newspaper recently claimed that documents showed Grossi was an Israeli spy and should be executed.
Iran has insisted no threats were posed against Grossi or the agency's inspectors.
The 12-day war began when Israel carried out a surprise bombardment of Iranian nuclear facilities and military sites and assassinated several top military commanders and nuclear scientists. Tehran responded with waves of missiles and drones at Israel.
On June 22, Israel's ally, the US, launched unprecedented strikes of its own on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz. A ceasefire between Iran and Israel took hold on June 24.
At least 935 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Iran, according to judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir, citing the latest forensic data. The deceased included 132 women and 38 children, Jahangir added.
Iran's retaliatory attacks killed 28 people in Israel, according to authorities.
US President Donald Trump said the US attacks had 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear programme, though the extent of the damage was not clear.
Araghchi has admitted that 'serious' damage has been inflicted on nuclear sites.
But in a recent interview with US media outlet CBS Evening News, he said: 'One cannot obliterate the technology and science… through bombings.'
Israel and some Western countries say Iran has sought nuclear weapons – an ambition Tehran has consistently denied.
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