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In the meantime, pressure continues on Iran through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The UN nuclear watchdog deems Iran’s post-war cooperation insufficient under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and Western states have used this as a pretext to submit and pass a resolution against Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors. As long as Iran has not suspended its membership in the NPT and the IAEA, it is legally obliged to implement all safeguards provisions and cannot bargain its way out of full cooperation with the agency.
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi is fully aware of this and knows that Tehran has no option but to comply with his requests regarding oversight of its nuclear program. This is why Grossi continually talks tough to Iran. It is Iran that must now decide whether remaining within the agency and its safeguards regime serves its long-term interests, or whether it should consider leaving an organization that has not only failed to provide any benefit but has limited itself to issuing statements and threats.