Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf reported that legislators are set to ratify a bill intended to suspend Tehran's cooperation with the United Nations' nuclear monitoring body, as tensions with the United States and Israel continue to escalate.
Taking to the social site X, Ghalibaf condemned the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for what he termed a lack of "professional" standards following recent attacks on Iranian nuclear centers, said a report by Xinhua news agency.
"We in the Islamic Consultative Assembly are trying to authorize a plan for suspending cooperation with the agency until we get tangible assurances of its professional conduct," Ghalibaf said.
His comments come in the midst of a spate of strikes against Iran's critical infrastructure. Israeli troops attacked multiple sites in Iran on June 13, striking both military and nuclear targets. The attacks reportedly killed senior commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians.
The United States later responded with a chain of airstrikes early Sunday, hitting the focal Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
This increase in military action comes in tandem with the adoption of a major resolution by the Board of Governors of the IAEA, which stated that Iran is in breach of its nuclear commitments—the first such finding since 2005.
The decision was prompted by a report from the IAEA that accused Iran of not properly explaining the detection of nuclear material at three secret locations. The agency additionally condemned the cooperativeness of Tehran as "less than satisfactory."
Earlier on Monday, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi spoke to the Board of Governors in an emergency meeting, forewarning probable widespread damage to Iran's nuclear facilities after the U.S. airstrikes.
Grossi cited observable craters on the Fordow nuclear facility, which signal extensive damage, and underscored the seriousness of the situation.
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