Iran Ordered To Suspend Cooperation With UN Nuclear Watchdog

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran President on Wednesday ordered the country to suspend cooperation International Atomic Energy Agency After the American and Israeli air strikes hit the most important nuclear facilities, it probably limited the ability of inspectors to monitor Tehran’s ability to enrich the uranium at levels close to the grade of weapons.

Order President Masoud Pesshkian It never contained a schedule or detail about what this suspension would require. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi pointed out that Tehran will still be willing to continue negotiations with the United States in a CBS news interview.

Araghchi, who referred to US President Donald Trump’s comments that the talks could start as early this week, said, “I don’t think the negotiations will start again so quickly,” he said. However, he added: “The doors of diplomacy will never close.”

Iran has limited IAEA controls as a tactic of oppression in negotiating with the West in the past – but as of now, Tehran rejected that there are urgent plans to continue to meet with the United States. 12-day Iran-Israel War.

Iran’s state television announced the order of Pesshkian, which followed the law of suspending this cooperation by the Iranian Parliament. On Thursday, the bill received the approval of Iran’s constitutional guard dog The Guardian Council, and the support of the highest National Security Council that the country has given to the Pesshkian chairs.

“The government has been assigned to suspend all cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency within the scope of the agreement of Nuclear weapons and relevant measures agreement,” the state television said. “This suspension will remain in force until certain conditions are met, including the guaranteed security of nuclear facilities and scientists.”

It was not immediately clear what this would mean for the Vienna -based Iaea, the United Nations nuclear guard dog. Agency Long watched Iran’s nuclear program and said he expects official communication about what it means to suspend Iran.

A diplomat with an IAEA operations information on the condition of anonymity to discuss the situation in Iran, he said that the IAEA inspectors are still there after the announcement and that the government was not said to be separated by the government.

Iran’s decision immediately condemned the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

“Iran has published a scandalous announcement to suspend cooperation with IAEA,” he said. “This is a full waiver of all international nuclear obligations and commitments.”

Saar called on European countries, which are part of Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement, to implement the so -called Snapback joke. If one of the Western parties declares that the Islamic Republic is not appropriate, it will re -substitute all UN sanctions abolished by Tehran’s nuclear agreement with the world forces.

Israel is believed to be the only nuclear armed state in the Middle East, and Iaea has no access to its facilities.

Iran’s movement is giving up what experts are most afraid of. They were concerned that Tehran could decide to fully end the cooperation with IAEA, to abandon the treaty of non -nuclear evacuation, and to run towards a bomb. This treaty agrees not to build or not to build nuclear weapons, and allow IAEA to conduct inspections to confirm that they have accurately declare the programs of countries.

Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement allowed Iran to enrich uranium to 3.67%-enough to feed a nuclear power plant, but far below the 90% of the weapons class uranium. It also greatly reduced Iran’s uranium stock, limited the use of centrifugal, and trusted IAEA to control the harmony of Tehran through additional surveillance. IAEA served as the main evaluator of Iran’s commitment to the agreement.

However, Trump, in the first period of 2018, He withdrew Washington unilaterally from the agreementIt was not difficult enough and did not appeal to Iran’s missile program or its support to militant groups in the wider Middle East. Including years of tensions, including attacks at sea and land.

Iran was enriched up to 60%, a shorter and technical step away from the arms class levels. Also, if it chooses to do it, it has enough stock to build multiple nuclear bombs. Iran has long been insisted on peaceful purposes of its nuclear program, but IAEA says that Western intelligence agencies and others have an organized arms program until 2003.

Israeli Air attacks that started on June 13 He destroyed the upper ranks It aimed at the ammunition of Iran’s powerful revolutionary guards and ballistic missiles. Strikes also hit the nuclear places where Iran claims that Israel claimed to reach Tehran by a nuclear weapon.

Iran said that Israeli attacks killed 935 “Iranian citizens”, including 38 children and 102 women. However, Iran has a long history in providing lower number of deaths around political thoughts.

The Washington -based Human Rights Activists Group, which provides detailed wounded figures from multiple unrest rounds in Iran, died of 190 people, including 436 civilians and 435 security forces. The group said that the attacks injured 4,475 people.

In the meantime, Iranian authorities are currently evaluating the damage caused by American strikes on 22 June on 22 June, including those in Fordo. A site built under a mountain About 100 kilometers (60 miles) of Tehran.

Planet Labs PBC’s Planet Labs PBC, which was analyzed by the Iranian officials in Fordo on Monday, examines the damage caused by the American Bunker Bukers. In addition to the trucks, at least one crane and an excavator can be seen in the tunnels on the site. This corresponds to images taken by Maxar Technologies on Sunday.

Associated Press writers Stephanie Liechtenstein Vienna, Amir Vahdat and Tehran, Nasser Karimi and Israel in Iran, Tia Goldenberg contributed to this report in Tel Aviv.