Iran’s parliament passed a bill unanimously on Wednesday to end the International Atomic Energy Agency’s access to its nuclear sites.
The bill must be approved by the country’s unelected Guardian Council to be enacted. The passage of the bill was followed by the chanting of “death to” America and Israel by lawmakers.
The legislation would suspend any future IAEA inspections or monitoring unless approved by the Supreme National Security Council. Before the “Twelve Day War,” the IAEA observed Iranian nuclear facilities through site inspections, surveillance equipment, environmental sampling, and satellite imaging. In June, the IAEA board stated that Iran was in breach of its non-proliferation obligations earlier.
Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said, “The International Atomic Energy Agency, which refused to even marginally condemn the attack
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