TEHRAN – Iran’s Parliament has approved a bill to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), following recent military strikes by the United States on Iran’s nuclear facilities and growing dissatisfaction with the agency’s conduct.
The bill was passed by the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, which cited what it described as biased behavior by the IAEA in the wake of US and Israeli aggression.
Committee spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei confirmed that the legislation was approved during an extended parliamentary session on Monday. The bill received overwhelming support, with 222 votes in favor, none against, and one abstention.
However, the measure still required the final approval from Iran’s Supreme National Security Council before it could be fully enacted.
Under the proposed legislation, IAEA inspectors would be barred from entering Iranian nuclear facilities without security guarantees. Iran would also cease installing surveillance cameras at its nuclear sites and would stop submitting inspection reports to the agency.
The move comes in the aftermath of US airstrikes targeting three major Iranian nuclear facilities—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—carried out using B-2 bomber aircraft.
In response to the attacks, former US President Donald Trump claimed that America had neutralized Iran’s nuclear capabilities, asserting that Iran would no longer be able to develop an atomic bomb.
The Iranian officials, however, have rejected these claims, stating that the country still retained the enriched uranium and key nuclear resources.
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