IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi and agency inspectors have no legal right to enter Iran under current parliamentary law, Iranian lawmaker Hamid Rasaei said on Saturday.
Speaking to SNNTV, Rasaei said Iran’s parliament has passed legislation barring such visits in response to what he called the agency’s failure to condemn attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and scientists. “The regime that attacked our facilities isn’t even part of the NPT, and yet the IAEA remained silent,” he said.
Rasaei added that Iran has the right to restrict IAEA surveillance under the Non-Proliferation Treaty and confirmed that the agency’s cameras in Iran “no longer operate.”
He said Iran’s scientific progress would not stop, despite the assassination of its scientists. “This revolution is not dependent on individuals, and the Supreme Leader is never alone,” Rasaei said.
