TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its Safeguards Agreement, despite a new law requiring the suspension of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The confirmation comes just a day after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a law passed by the parliament that requires the government to suspend cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA.
“In accordance with the new legislation by Majlis (Paliamnet), sparked by the unlawful attacks against our nuclear facilities by Israel and the US, our cooperation with the IAEA will be channeled through Iran’s Supreme National Security Council for obvious safety and security reasons,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbbas Araghchi said on a post on X.
Fake news. Iran remains committed to the NPT and its Safeguards Agreement. In accordance with the new legislation by Majlis, sparked by the unlawful attacks against our nuclear facilities by Israel and the U.S., our cooperation with @iaeaorg will be channeled through Iran's… https://t.co/i1995s6Z6m
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) July 3, 2025
He slammed Germany’s explicit support for Israel’s recent attack on Iran, including safeguarded nuclear sites.
“Germany also shamefully supported the unlawful US attack against Iranian nuclear facilities, which violated international law, the NPT, and the UN Charter,” he said.
Araghchi said Germany’s call for “zero enrichment” in Iran amounts to a denial of the 2015 nuclear agreement.
“Iranians were already put off by Germany’s Nazi-style backing of Genocide in Gaza, and its support for (former Iraqi President) Saddam’s war on Iran by providing materials for chemical weapons,” he said.
“The explicit German support for the bombing of Iran has obliterated the notion that the German regime harbours anything but malice towards Iranians.”
It is pertinent that Germany had criticised the new Iranian law suspending cooperation with the IAEA, calling it a “devastating signal.”
The legislation was introduced amid escalating tensions between Tehran and the UN nuclear watchdog over monitoring, access, and transparency following recent military confrontations with Israel and the United States.
A 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel began on June 13, when Israel launched airstrikes targeting Iranian military and nuclear facilities. In response, Tehran carried out retaliatory missile and drone attacks, while the US struck three Iranian nuclear sites.
The conflict came to a halt with a US-brokered ceasefire that took effect on June 24.
