BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 6. Iran doesn't consider
the latest report of the International Atomic Energy Agency to be
either verification or confidence-building, Iranian Deputy Foreign
Minister Kazem Gharibabadi wrote on his X page, Trend reports.


According to him, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi speaks of
the unknown, lack of access, and loss of continuity of knowledge in
Iran's nuclear program. However, this situation didn't arise as a
result of any gap. Iran's nuclear facilities, which are protected
by the IAEA (safeguards), have been subjected to military air
strikes by the U.S. and Israel. The IAEA director general has never
condemned these attacks. One should never forget the origin of the
problem and then draw conclusions against Iran based on that
problem.


The deputy minister said that if the issue related to Iran's
nuclear program was not verified and non-proliferation, the first
expectation from the IAEA director general was to take a clear
position against the attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, which are
protected by safeguards because this attack is not only a violation
of Iran's sovereignty, but also a direct blow to nuclear security,
safeguards, and the non-proliferation status of nuclear
weapons.


Gharibabadi said that repeating the 60% figure for Iran's
uranium enrichment and putting forward possible scenarios for
nuclear weapons without a clear explanation in the legal framework
is not a technical but a political bias. The percentage figure for
uranium enrichment is not recorded in the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The legal criterion is
that nuclear activities and nuclear materials are not directed
towards military purposes. In this regard, Iran's nuclear program
is peaceful and has fulfilled its obligations within the framework
of the law.







"The IAEA reports on the consequences of a military attack,
bypassing the responsibility of those who carried out the attack.
Moreover, it demands technical and political obligations from Iran
as a result of the attack. This is neither verification nor
confidence-building," he noted.


According to the deputy minister, if the IAEA wants to be part
of a diplomatic solution, it must prevent the technical report from
turning into political pressure. Safeguards aren't strengthened by
military action, threats, or resolutions, but can be strengthened
by impartiality, compliance with international law, respect for the
sovereignty of states, and direct condemnation of attacks on
nuclear facilities under agency control.


Gharibabadi concluded that bombing nuclear facilities under
safeguards would destroy the necessary security for inspections. In
such a case, the negative consequences of an attack on Iran cannot
be used as a tool.