Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced that the country is ending its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reports Baltimore Chronicle with reference to The Times of Israel.
According to Araghchi, speaking during a broadcast on Iranian state television, the country’s parliament had passed a bill mandating the cessation of cooperation with the IAEA. The legislation was subsequently approved by the Guardian Council of the Islamic Revolution, thereby gaining binding legal status.
“This law, passed by the parliament and today ratified by the Guardian Council, is mandatory for us. There is no doubt about its implementation. From now on, our relationship and cooperation with the IAEA will take a new form,” Araghchi emphasized in his statement.
Meanwhile, the IAEA currently lacks a clear assessment of whether recent Israeli and U.S. attacks have set back Iran’s nuclear program by years or merely by months.
Earlier we wrote that IAEA demands access to Iranian nuclear sites following US strikes.