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Gov’t spox: Presence, absence of IAEA inspectors in line with national interests
Iranian government’s spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said on Wednesday that Iran’s approach towards the UN atomic agency is in line with the country’s national interests, stressing that the presence or absence of the agency’s inspectors in Iran is also within the stated policy.
Speaking during her weekly press conference in Tehran, Mohajerani said all the government's efforts were aimed at preventing further pressure on Iran's economy.
The issue of snapback mechanism which reinstated international sanctions on Iran, became a political tool and a lever of pressure against Iran, she said, adding, “All the measures that Iran is pursuing with the (UN atomic) agency are in line with national interests. The presence or absence of the agency inspectors is also within this framework.”
In response to the question of whether Iran will continue enrichment of uranium, she said, “This is a matter that must be decided by the Supreme National Security Council."
On September 9, Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reached an agreement aimed at paving the way for resumption of cooperation, which had been suspended following the unprovoked Israeli-American attacks against key Iranian nuclear facilities in June.
The agreement with the IAEA was signed as a goodwill gesture by Iran to prevent the activation of the snapback mechanism by the three European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal.
Despite Iran’s efforts to prevent the activation of the mechanism, the three countries – France, Germany and Britan – activated the mechanism which paved the way for the reimposition of international sanctions that had been removed under the 2015 nuclear agreement.
Iran has rejected the reimposition of sanctions as “entirely unfounded, unlawful, and invalid” claims by the United States and the European countries.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a letter to his counterparts across the world on Sunday emphasized that, “No valid legal act has taken place that could restore the terminated resolutions. To claim otherwise is an attempt to mislead the international community and to impose unilateral political agendas under the guise of United Nations authority.”
He warned that such assertions undermine the integrity of the Security Council and pose a serious threat to multilateral diplomacy. The foreign minister underscored that Resolution 2231, which endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal, terminated previous sanctions and set a clear timetable for their permanent expiration on October 18, 2025.
Araghchi argued that no state has the unilateral authority to reinterpret or extend its provisions.