Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on July 2 issued an order to enact a law to suspend the country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The law calls for a suspension of cooperation with the IAEA until Iran’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the safety of its nuclear facilities and scientists are fully guaranteed, said Constitutional Council Spokesman Hadi Tahan Nazif.
Pezeshkian issued the order in a letter to the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry and the Supreme National Security Council, said the report. The law, passed by the Iranian Parliament last week and approved by the Constitutional Council, was enacted due to “the violation of Iran’s national sovereignty by the United States and Israel, and their attacks on the country’s territorial integrity as well as peaceful nuclear facilities,” said Tahan Nazif.
According to the Parliament’s resolution, depending on the approval of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, unless the security of the nuclear facilities and peaceful nuclear activities is guaranteed, the IAEA inspectors will not be permitted inside the Iranian borders.
The vote came within a few days after the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran, Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf, during an open session of the parliament, talked about the top legislative body considering a bill to suspend Tehran’s cooperation with the UN agency.
