Iranian regime officials emphasized cutting ties with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during the funeral of key figures behind Iran’s nuclear program and military commanders killed in Israeli attacks.
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the regime’s judiciary chief, said during the ceremony on Saturday, June 28: “Naturally, cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency must be suspended.”
He accused the agency of “collaborating with the enemy” and added that Iran’s regime cannot continue its relationship with the IAEA “as before” under the current circumstances.
Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee, deputy speaker of the regime’s Majlis (Parliament), also criticized Rafael Grossi, the IAEA Director General, over his stance on Iran’s nuclear file, stating: “We will no longer allow Grossi’s presence or the installation of agency cameras at nuclear facilities.”
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He implicitly accused the agency of spying for Israel and added: “We saw our facility data in documents obtained from Israel.”
Following U.S. strikes on Iran’s regime nuclear facilities in Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan, Iranian officials have intensified their rhetoric against the IAEA and Grossi personally.
On June 24, the IAEA Director General sent a letter to Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s regime foreign minister, requesting access to inspect the regime’s nuclear facilities.
U.S. President Donald Trump also stressed on June 27 that either the IAEA or the United States must be granted access to inspect Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Ali Nikzad, another deputy speaker of the regime’s Majlis, called Grossi a “liar” at the funeral and threatened: “He will certainly pay for what he has done.”
Ebrahim Azizi, head of the regime Majlis’s National Security Committee, stated: “Majlis has approved that until the security of nuclear centers is ensured and the right to enrichment is recognized, the government will refrain from cooperating with the IAEA.”
Mojtaba Zonnour, a member of the regime Majlis’s National Security Committee, also attacked the agency at the ceremony, saying that Grossi had “betrayed us and the NPT.”
MP Hamid Rasaee also declared that the agency’s director general and inspectors would no longer be allowed into Iran.
Saeed Jalili, a member of the Expediency Council, echoed the same stance, asserting: “The suspension of cooperation with the agency was necessary.”
In recent days, speculation has grown over the fate of Iran’s regime’s enriched uranium stockpiles following the U.S. attacks.
Olli Heinonen, former deputy director general of the IAEA, warned in an interview that unless the agency verifies the storage location of these materials, the threat will remain serious.
Iran’s regime possesses around 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%, and it remains unclear where it is stored. If further enriched to 90%, this amount would be sufficient to produce 10 nuclear bombs.
