Iran must suspend nuclear watchdog ties under new law, judiciary chief says

Iran should halt cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency in line with a new law approved by the Guardian Council, judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei said on Saturday.

Speaking to SNNTV at a funeral for those killed in recent attacks, Ejei said the IAEA had shared information with Iran’s enemies and could no longer be trusted. “When the agency cooperates with hostile powers and gives them information, it is natural that we cannot continue working with it as before,” he said.

The remarks follow Thursday’s announcement by the Guardian Council that it had approved a parliamentary bill requiring the government to suspend cooperation with the agency. The law now has full legal force.