Iran presidential decree officially suspends cooperation with IAEA

By Al Mayadeen English
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2 Jul 2025 10:29
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issues a decree suspending cooperation with the IAEA as tensions reach the threshold following the Israeli war on Iran.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a memorial at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, on May 21, 2025. (AP)

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued a decree suspending the country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), according to a report by Tasnim news agency on Wednesday.

The decision comes amid heightened tensions surrounding Iran’s nuclear program and follows recent legislative developments from the Iranian parliament.

Last week, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf announced that lawmakers had enacted a law mandating the suspension of cooperation with the IAEA, which he described as “Israel’s protector and servant.”

Ghalibaf argued that continued cooperation with the IAEA was untenable as long as the security of Iran’s nuclear facilities remained unresolved, claiming the agency’s impartiality had been compromised by its ties to "Israel".

Grossi barred from Iran's nuclear facilities

Meanwhile, Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Hamid Reza Haji Babaei, announced on Sunday that IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi has been barred from accessing Iranian nuclear facilities or placing surveillance cameras there, after Iran suspended all cooperation with the nuclear watchdog.

"We will no longer give Grossi permission to be present at [Iran's] nuclear facilities and install cameras [there] because we saw information about our facilities in documents received from ... the Israeli regime," Haji Babaei told ISNA news agency.

The Islamic Republic further exposed profound cooperation between the IAEA and the Israeli occupation, which prompted Iran to obtain, through a major intelligence operation, a vast trove of highly classified strategic documents and information tied to "Israel", well-informed sources told Al Mayadeen last month.

The sources told Al Mayadeen that the data included "thousands of documents related to the Israeli occupation's projects and its nuclear facilities."

According to the sources, the operation took place some time ago, but the enormous volume of documents and the need to safely transport the entire haul into Iran "required keeping the matter under secrecy."