Iran’s nuclear chief said on Wednesday that if Iran’s nuclear sites have been bombed and destroyed, the International Atomic Energy Agency has no grounds to demand continued oversight.
Mohammad Eslami, the head of the atomic energy organization of Iran, said Iran had not breached its commitments and accused the agency of taking politicized positions, according to remarks carried by Iranian media.
He said the IAEA should act strictly within its statutory mandate, amid heightened tensions over Iran’s nuclear program.
US President Donald Trump ordered strikes on three of Iran’s main nuclear sites in June, calling the program “obliterated,” but experts dispute that, saying bombs likely failed to penetrate underground halls, and with UN inspectors barred, the true damage is uncertain.
