Iran files complaint to UN over IAEA chief’s lack of impartiality
Iran on Friday lodged a formal complaint with the United Nations against the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding the organization's inaction toward Israel's violations of international reaties during its aggression on the Islamic Republic.
In a letter to UN chief Antonio Guterres and the president of the Security Council, Iranian Ambassado to the world body Amir Saeid Iravani complained about Rafael Grossi's approach towards Iran's nuclear activities.
Iravani described Grossi's remarks before the Israeli onslaught on Iran as "a clear and serious violation of the principle of impartiality" incumbent upon the responsibilities of his position.
The letter emphasized the legal significance of Grossi's reaction to Israel's explicit threats against Iran's nuclear facilities on June 9, which "merely referred to Israel’s alleged 'concerns' that supposedly needed to be addressed."
"Such remarks are entirely incompatible and inconsistent with the duties and legal obligations stipulated in the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency," Iravani said.
The Iranian envoy added that Grossi's conduct in the wake Israeli strikes "clearly and consistently demonstrated an inability to adhere to the requirements of impartiality, objectivity, and professionalism" by the IAEA chief.
"This conduct... practically amounts to complicity through failure to act regarding aggressive acts and is unprecedented in the agency's history."
The letter came after Israel’s attacks on several nuclear sites in Iran.
Beyond nuclear facilities and military command centers targeted by Israel since June 13, as many as 10 Iranian nuclear scientists were also killed in the regime's attacks.