Iran will not allow IAEA access to its nuclear sites: MP
Yusef Jalali
Press TV, Tehran
Iran’s nuclear program has once again made news following the IAEA board of governor’s session last week and its demand to inspect Iran’s nuclear sites more closely.
The UN nuclear watchdog asked for access to two nuclear facilities in Iran.
Iran says the atomic agency’s report lacks credible legal reasoning and is politically motivated.
The IAEA’s demand for investigation came two years after Israel claimed Tehran had been working on a nuclear weapon; something that Tehran has strongly rejected. Iran has time and again said its nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes.
The IAEA’s 2019 Safeguards Implementation Report shows that the Islamic Republic had received the biggest share of inspections carried out worldwide by the atomic energy organization in 2019.
Officials say Iran has always cooperated with the nuclear watchdog; however, they say this time, the IAEA’s demand is outside its scope of activities and is based on information that’s not publicly available.
Some Iranian MPs warn that unfair pressure on Iran could lead to irreparable consequences for the fate of the nuclear deal and Tehran’s cooperative path with the IAEA.
In 2015 and following the signing of the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries, the IAEA closed a so-called possible military dimension case or PMD concerning Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran labels the IAEA’s inspection request as a political game and a proof of the nuclear watchdog’s lack of impartiality when it comes to Iran. For now, Tehran’s answer is a strong no to any inspection that’s driven by "hollow claims of its enemies".
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