Iran accuses IAEA of bowing to Western pressure

Iran’s foreign ministry on Monday accused the International Atomic Energy Agency of succumbing to European political pressure in its latest report and warned that Tehran would adjust its nuclear steps in response.

“The IAEA report was drafted under the influence and pressure of certain European countries,” the ministry’s spokesman Esmail Baghaei said in a press briefing.

“It does not befit an international body tasked with overseeing peaceful nuclear activity to be placed under such pressure,” he added.

“Iran is monitoring Western conduct through the agency and will calibrate its next steps accordingly.”