Envoy urges IAEA condemnation of US-Israel attacks on Iran
Grossi calls for immediate end to ongoing conflict
Iran urged the UN atomic agency to condemn the US and Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities as clear violations of the agency’s statute, UN principles and the Security Council’s resolutions.
Iran’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi in an address to a special session of the IAEA Board of Governors on Monday said that under these rules, “any armed attack or threat against nuclear facilities constitutes a violation of the UN Charter and international law.
He said that the US claim that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons — a justification for its aggression against Iran — is entirely false.
Najafi added that the US and Israel, under the pretext of preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, targeted Iran’s Leader — who had issued a religious decree prohibiting weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear arms — alongside hundreds of civilians.
He called on the IAEA to unequivocally condemn the aggression as violations of the agency’s Statute, Security Council’s resolutions, and decisions of the IAEA’s General Conference and Board of Governors, saying that, “Any armed attack or threat against nuclear facilities dedicated to peaceful purposes constitutes a violation of the UN Charter, international law, and the IAEA Statute.”
Najafi described the current crisis as the result of inaction by the UN Security Council and the IAEA in response to a June aggression by the Unites States and the Israeli regime against Iran. He warned that failure to act decisively now would embolden the aggressors to commit even more brutal and intense violations.
The IAEA chief called for immediate end to the ongoing conflict, saying that the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program should be resolved through diplomacy.
Rafael Grossi said that his agency is ready to play a role in the negotiations between Iran and the United States.
Iran and the US had launched a new round of nuclear negotiations mediated by Oman. But the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran in the middle on the talks.