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Iran tells IAEA to end ‘double standards’ before nuclear talks can resume

Iran links future IAEA cooperation to impartiality, after deadly June conflict with Israel and US.

 Iran’s president has warned the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) to abandon its “double standards” if it hopes to restore
cooperation over the country’s nuclear programme, amid an acute mistrust
following Israel and the United States’ attacks on Iranian nuclear sites
last month, and the UN nuclear watchdog’s refusal to condemn the strikes.

Speaking to European Council President Antonio Costa by phone on Thursday,
President Masoud Pezeshkian said, “The continuation of Iran’s
cooperation with the agency depends on the latter correcting its double
standards regarding the nuclear file,” according to Iranian state media.

Tehran has accused the IAEA of enabling the strikes by issuing a resolution
on June 12 – just one day before the bombing – accusing Iran of
breaching its nuclear obligations. Iran says its nuclear programme is for
peaceful purposes and denies seeking nuclear weapons. However, it has made
clear that it no longer trusts the agency to act impartially. Despite
remaining a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons (NPT), Iran insists that the IAEA failed to condemn the attacks by
the US and Israel and instead chose to align with Western pressure.

 Aljazeera 10th July 2025, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/10/iran-tells-iaea-to-end-double-standards-before-nuclear-talks-can-resume

July 12, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international