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Add as preferred source on GoogleIran urges the UN nuclear watchdog to eliminate double standards to resume cooperation, following tensions with the US and Israel over its nuclear program.
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran's president said on Thursday the U.N. nuclear watchdog should drop its "double standards" if Tehran is to resume cooperation with it over the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, Iranian state media reported.
President Masoud Pezeshkian last week enacted a law suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the IAEA said it had pulled its last remaining inspectors out of Iran.
Relations between Iran and the IAEA have worsened since the United States and Israel bombed Iranian nuclear facilities in June, saying they wanted to prevent Tehran developing an atomic weapon. Iran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only and denies seeking atomic weapons.
"The continuation of Iran's cooperation with the agency (IAEA) depends of the latter correcting its double standards regarding the nuclear file," state media quoted Pezeshkian as telling European Council President Antonio Costa by phone.
"Any repeated aggression (against Iran) will be met with a more decisive and regrettable response," he said.
Tehran accuses the IAEA of failing to condemn the attacks by the United States and Israel, and says the nuclear watchdog paved the way for the bombing by issuing a resolution declaring Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations.
"Failure to observe the principle of impartiality in reporting is one of the examples that casts doubt on the status and credibility of the IAEA," Pezeshkian said.
The bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities led to a 12-day war, during which Iran launched drones and missiles at Israel.
IAEA inspectors have not been able to inspect Iran's facilities since the bombing campaign, even though IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has said it is his top priority.
(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; editing by Mar Heinrich and Timothy Heritage)
Iran's president stated that the continuation of cooperation with the IAEA depends on the agency correcting its 'double standards' regarding the nuclear file.
Iran suspended cooperation with the IAEA following the bombing of its nuclear facilities by the US and Israel, which Tehran claims the IAEA failed to condemn.
The bombing led to a 12-day war during which Iran retaliated by launching drones and missiles at Israel.
IAEA inspectors have not been able to inspect Iran's facilities since the bombing campaign, despite IAEA chief Rafael Grossi stating it is a top priority.
Iran accused the IAEA of failing to maintain impartiality and credibility, particularly in its reporting on Iran's nuclear activities and the aggression it faced.
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