Egypt Daily News – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf officially notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that Tehran will suspend its cooperation with the agency. The announcement follows the Iranian Guardian Council’s approval of legislation mandating the suspension, which had earlier passed through parliament.
According to Hadi Tahan Nazif, spokesman for the Guardian Council, the decision came after internal consultations among council members. He told the Young Journalists Club that the law obliges the Iranian government to halt collaboration with the IAEA until further notice.
This legislative move comes amid escalating tensions between Tehran and the Vienna-based nuclear watchdog. Ghalibaf accused the IAEA of sharing sensitive information about Iran’s nuclear facilities with Israel. In a post on his X account, he wrote: “The IAEA has gambled away its already limited credibility by passing information on our nuclear sites to the criminal Israeli regime, paving the way for attacks on our facilities—without even issuing a public condemnation.”
He added that Iran now considers its relationship with the IAEA and its Director General Rafael Grossi to be a matter of accountability and confrontation, saying: “The IAEA has today placed itself in a position where we must settle our accounts with it and its offensive leadership.”
The Iranian parliament had previously approved the draft law to suspend cooperation, as reported by ISNA (Iranian Students’ News Agency). Ghalibaf argued that the agency, by refusing to even issue a mild condemnation of attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites, “sold its international credibility at the cheapest price.”
According to Ghalibaf, the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization will halt its collaboration with the IAEA until the security of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure can be guaranteed.
This decision follows weeks of growing criticism in Tehran toward the IAEA, especially after the agency’s Board of Governors issued a report more than two weeks ago that Iranian officials described as “politicized.” Tehran claims the report provided justification for an unprecedented Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear infrastructure.
Senior Iranian officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, have accused IAEA Director Rafael Grossi of complicity in the Israeli operation. They argue that the IAEA’s actions and language—particularly in recent reports—are biased and have created conditions that embolden hostile acts against Iran.
The move to suspend cooperation marks a significant escalation in Iran’s confrontation with the international nuclear oversight body and adds new uncertainty to the already fragile state of diplomacy surrounding Iran’s nuclear program.
