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Iran’s Vienna Mission Rejects IAEA Board Resolutions as “Technically and Legally Flawed”
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Iran denounces BoG resolutions as technically flawed and abusive of process. US-Israeli attacks on Iran disrupted inspections and forced withdrawal of inspectors.
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IAEA Inspections Rejected
Iran’s Vienna mission criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors’ resolutions on Iran, saying in a message posted on its X account that the reports were based on resolutions that were “technically and legally flawed” and adopted “by abuse of process.” Iran’s mission argued that IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi acknowledged that “attacks on Iran’s safeguarded nuclear facilities created unprecedented circumstances,” disrupted inspections, and forced the agency to withdraw its inspectors.
Iran’s mission insisted that “Normal safeguards implementation cannot and will not resume under abnormal circumstances,” and it called on the Board of Governors to address “root causes of the current situation.” Iran’s Vienna mission also said the Board’s decisions were adopted through an abuse of decision-making procedures and that its findings were “ultra vires,” while it framed the United States as having removed references to aggression but not its consequences from reality.
Isfahan Facility and Access
The International Atomic Energy Agency expressed growing concern about an underground uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan, and the agency said it could not determine its exact location or its status from a safeguards perspective or verify whether it contained nuclear material. The IAEA affirmed that it had not received information from Tehran about its facilities and nuclear materials, with the exception of the Bushehr reactor, and it stressed that access for its inspectors to Iranian facilities is essential.
Iran’s Vienna delegation responded by stating that “resuming normal safeguards implementation would not be possible under the current extraordinary circumstances,” and it urged the IAEA Board of Governors to address the “real reasons that led to the current situation.” Iran’s delegation argued that the IAEA prepared its reports on Iran based on Board of Governors’ decisions that were flawed technically and legally, and it said the attacks disrupted inspection operations and prompted the agency to withdraw its inspectors.
Regional Tensions and Fallout
Tensions between Iran and the United States rose again after an airstrike on Sirik in Hormozgan Province, and the Revolutionary Guards responded by targeting a U.S. early warning radar in Bahrain.
The U.S. Central Command reported that it shot down two suicide drones launched by the IRGC toward Bahrain, with no reported casualties or material damage.
The Turkish presidency announced that Turkey and Qatar signed a mutual defense agreement on Friday during a meeting in Istanbul between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, and Erdoğan stressed continued cooperation to prevent a renewed flare-up of war in the Persian Gulf.
Scott Bensont, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, said on Friday that he would not back down in the face of death threats attributed to Iran, and he asked in an interview with CNBC, “Why should I be afraid when our brave military forces in the Persian Gulf and President Trump are constantly confronted with death threats?”