Senior Iranian official warns IAEA's Grossi over 'biased, destructive' remarks
A senior Iranian diplomat has slammed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi, warning that his recent “biased and destructive” remarks on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program make the situation worse.
Grossi has recently said that the US-Israeli aggression alone could end Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, adding that only a catastrophic nuclear war could destroy the country’s capabilities “in an unfathomable way, which we hope, of course, will never be the case.”
Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi described the remarks as unprofessional and destructive.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly objects to these biased and passive remarks by the Director General of the Agency and issues a serious warning regarding them,” he said in a post on his X account.
“Mr. Grossi has so far done nothing useful regarding Iran; on the contrary, from time to time, with his destructive comments, he only makes the situation worse,” he added.
The Iranian diplomat also wondered whether Grossi is the head of an international organization or “a media analyst”.
IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi says that despite US-Israeli aggressions, a lot of Iran’s nuclear program has survived. Adds that Iran has the capabilities, the knowledge and industrial ability.
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Grossi has so far failed to condemn US-Israeli attacks on Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities, including the two recent strikes on the site of Bushehr nuclear power plant, Gharibabadi said.
“Instead of issuing serious warnings about the consequences of war on Iran’s safeguarded nuclear program or any use of destructive and illegal weapons, he is pointing out ways to destroy Iran’s legitimate and legal nuclear activities.”
According to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, a projectile struck the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on Tuesday, marking an alarming escalation in the US-Israeli terrorism against Iran’s civilian infrastructure.
The latest incident follows a previous attack on the plant on March 5, raising significant concerns over the dire consequences of such a criminal action.
Iranian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Ali Bahreini voiced grave concerns about the repercussions of such hostile acts.
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In a letter to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Bahreini highlighted the environmental impact of attacks on Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities and oil storage facilities, stating that such actions pose a significant and long-term threat to public health.
Russia, which has helped to build the first Iranian nuclear power plant, warned on Monday that US-Israeli strikes near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran are extremely dangerous.
Such strikes could have irreparable consequences, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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