Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has accused IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi of turning the agency into a tool for provoking conflict against Iran.
In a post on his X social media account, Baghaei stated, "You have betrayed the non-proliferation regime. You have made the IAEA an accomplice in this unjust aggressive war, transforming it into a convenient instrument for countries that have not signed the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) to strip NPT signatories of their fundamental rights as outlined in Article 4."
Baghaei contended that the IAEA has failed to produce concrete evidence that Iran is actively seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Instead, he asserted, the agency's biased reports have been exploited by the US and the EU troika to craft resolutions filled with unfounded accusations of non-compliance. He argued that these resolutions serve as pretexts for military actions, citing Iran’s nuclear facilities to justify aggressive measures.
Iran maintains that its nuclear program is solely peaceful. However, following the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement, Tehran ceased adhering to the treaty’s limits, progressively increasing uranium enrichment levels to 60%, a level nearing that required for nuclear weapon production, according to the IAEA.
GR
FR
DE
ES
IT
RU
EU
An Iranian missile barrage has struck several sites across Israel, damaging a hospital in the country’s south, and Israel has attacked Iran’s Arak heavy water nuclear reactor as the two countries trade fire for a seventh consecutive day.
ReplyDeleteAt least 240 people were wounded in the Iranian attacks, including four seriously, according to Israel’s Ministry of Health. The majority were lightly wounded, including 70 at the Soroka Medical Center in the city of Beersheba in southern Israel.
L’Agence internationale de l’énergie atomique (AIEA) a déploré, dans un rapport publié avant le début de la guerre Iran-Israël, le manque de coopération de Téhéran dans la surveillance du respect de ses obligations en matière nucléaire.
ReplyDelete"Vous avez trahi le régime de non-prolifération ; vous avez fait de l’AIEA un partenaire de cette guerre d’agression injuste", a écrit le porte-parole du ministère iranien des Affaires étrangères, Esmaeil Baqaei sur X, dans un message à l’adresse du directeur de l’agence onusienne, Rafael Grossi.
"Nous avons affirmé dans mon rapport il y a une semaine que bien que l’Iran soit le seul pays au monde qui est en train d’enrichir l’uranium à des niveaux presque militaires […] on n’est pas en capacité de dire qu’il existe un effort direct vers la fabrication d’une arme nucléaire", avait affirmé mercredi Rafael Grossi
Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Araqchi confirmed plans for a meeting with his counterparts from the European troika and the EU foreign policy chief in Switzerland on Friday.
ReplyDeleteThe top Iranian diplomat acknowledged on Thursday that he is going to hold a joint meeting with the foreign ministers of the UK, France and Germany as well as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas.
Araqchi said the Iranian and European delegations will meet in Geneva on Friday, June 20.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson lashed out at the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency for betraying the nuclear non-proliferation regime and presenting a biased report that encouraged the Israeli regime to wage of war of aggression against Iran.
ReplyDeleteIn a post on his X account on Thursday, Esmaeil Baqaei cited comments by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi who has acknowledged that the IAEA “did not have any evidence of a systematic effort (by Iran) to move into a nuclear weapon.”
“This is too late, Mr. Grossi: you obscured this truth in your absolutely biased report that was instrumentalized by E3/US to craft a resolution with baseless allegation of ‘non-compliance’; the same resolution was then utilized, as a final pretext, by a genocidal warmongering regime to wage a war of aggression on Iran and to launch an unlawful attack on our peaceful nuclear facilities,” Baqaei said.
“Do you know how many innocent Iranians have been killed/maimed as a result of this criminal war? Is it how an international civil servant tested for assigning the UN leadership? Misleading narratives have dire consequences, Mr. Grossi, and demand accountability,” the spokesman stated.
“You betrayed the non-proliferation regime; You’ve made IAEA a partner to this unjust war of aggression; You turned IAEA into a tool of convenience for non-NPT members to deprive NPT members of their basic right under Article 4. Any clear conscience?” he asked Grossi.
Reuters, citing sources, reported on direct talks between Iran and the United States. According to the agency, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke on the phone several times since the start of the fighting with US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
ReplyDeleteSpain’s MEP, Irene Montero:
ReplyDelete“They say Iran has nuclear weapons — sounds like what they said about Iraq.”
“But it is Israel that has nuclear weapons.”
“The U.S. is the only country to ever drop a nuclear bomb.”
“Today, Israel and the U.S. are the greatest threat to humanity.”
“If the world is concerned about secret nuclear programs in the Middle East, there’s one country that refuses any IAEA inspections:
ReplyDeleteIt’s Israel.
Israel has nuclear weapons. They allow no inspections. They’re fully secretive and clandestine about it.” —Former US Rep Matt Gaetz
Iran won’t stop strikes until after Israel is punished and pays reparations, Iran's Supreme National Security Council said in a statement.
ReplyDelete"Retaliation will continue until the enemy is punished and reparations are paid," the statement said, the IRNA news agency reported.
The council warned that Iran will retaliate immediately to any country that will step in the conflict on the side of Israel.
US President Donald Trump believes that there still are chances for diplomacy with Tehran and he will make a decision on strikes on Iran within the next two weeks, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters in a briefing.
ReplyDelete"Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks," she quoted Trump as saying.
Пресс-секретарь Белого дома огласила сообщение Трампа по поводу возможности военного вмешательства США в конфликт Ирана и Израиля:
Delete«Исходя из того факта, что существует значительная вероятность переговоров с Ираном <...> в ближайшем будущем, я приму решение, вмешиваться или нет, в течение следующих двух недель»
Casa Blanca: Trump tomará la decisión sobre Irán DENTRO DE DOS SEMANAS
DeleteKremlin: Si EE.UU. ataca Irán, Moscú considerará la medida como ERRÓNEA
DeleteLa Portavoce della Casa Bianca, Karoline Leavitt:
Delete«Ho un messaggio diretto dal presidente, basato sul fatto che ci sono significative possibilità che si svolgano negoziati con l'Iran nel prossimo futuro: prenderò una decisione se lanciare (un attacco) nelle prossime due settimane».
Iranian Parliament Speaker:
ReplyDeleteWhat we have shown so far in the war is restraint.
U.S. diplomats and embassy staff have left Baghdad and flown to Jordan.
ReplyDelete