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News ID: 140483
Publish Date : 10 June 2025 - 22:31

Eslami: Iran Will Not Succumb to Arbitrary Political Pressures

TEHRAN - Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Muhammad Eslami says the recent remarks by the head of the UN atomic agency about the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities are void of technical and legal validity, while also chiming in with Zionist psychological operations against Tehran.
Eslami made the comments in a televised interview on Tuesday, addressing remarks made by Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
“Mr. Grossi’s remarks lack technical and legal aspect,” the Iranian official said, describing the IAEA chief’s discourse as totally being the product of “the psychological and political operations that the Zionist regime [of Israel] has been performing” against the Islamic Republic.
He said by passing the remarks, Grossi had clearly shown “his true character,” and proven to be among those that have been waging psyops against Iran for long.
Eslami was referring to Grossi’s interview with i24NEWS, an Israeli TV channel, in which the latter had said the Israeli regime could not “destroy” Iran’s nuclear facilities with “a single surgical strike. “Disrupting the facilities would require overwhelming and devastating force,” the IAEA chief had also said.
The Iranian nuclear chief said Grossi had issued the remarks, despite lacking all jurisdiction to comment on such issues. Eslami noted that the international law and precautions that concerned such matters essentially robbed the IAEA director general of any entitlement to intervene in affairs of such nature.
Grossi had also said, “Iran doesn’t have a nuclear weapon at this moment,” but claimed that “it has the material” to make one, echoing the Israeli regime and its Western allies’ unfounded allegations about, what the accusing sides have described as, Iran’s so-called “diversion” towards obtaining nuclear arms or its intention to develop one.
The campaign has, most recently, manifested itself in the form of the IAEA Board of Governors issuing yet another anti-Iranian resolution amid Western and Israeli pressure.
The campaign rages on, while the Islamic Republic is the most-vetted member of the IAEA, with the agency having found no evidence in support of the alleged “diversion.”
Tehran, itself, has also categorically ruled out the prospect of either pursuing, obtaining, or maintaining nuclear arms in line with moral and religious guidelines.
Grossi had, however, additionally, alleged that the Islamic Republic harbored a “determination” to develop such weapons, adding that likely Israeli military aggression against the country could “potentially have an amalgamating effect, solidifying Iran’s determination.”
He had also pointed to the Israeli regime’s repeated threats to use military aggression against Iran’s nuclear facilities, alleging that the threats meant that “the Iranian thing has incredible potential to become catastrophic.”
Eslami, however, denounced Grossi for resorting to “expressing concern for Israel,” a regime that, unlike Iran, was a possessor of nuclear arms, and a non-member of the IAEA’s Safeguards Agreement that would not brook any oversight of its nuclear sites.
Adding to his comments, the Iranian official regretted that the IAEA chief’s remarks indicated that “international organizations 

 
[such as the UN nuclear agency] are a tool in the hands of dominant powers as well as being totally subject to Israeli influence.”
On the other hand, Iran’s attitude of outright opposition to the Israeli regime’s atrocities, including those committed against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, proved that the Islamic Republic’s view of various nations’ rights in the face of foreign aggression was a “realistic one,” Eslami concluded.
Earlier on Monday, spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Behrouz Kamalvandi said that the Iran may reassess its level of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if the agency adopts a resolution against the country’s nuclear program.
Kamalvandi made the remarks during an interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), referring to a reported attempt by France, Britain, and Germany, in coordination with the United States, to present a draft resolution against Iran at the I.A.E.A. Board of Governors quarterly meeting in Vienna.
He warned that Iran would take its positions against both the three European countries or E3 and the UN nuclear watchdog, stressing, “We have cooperated with the IAEA beyond our obligations, and if they are not grateful, we will naturally bring this cooperation to a normal level.”
The AEOI spokesperson said the IAEA has to be thankful to Iran’s excessive cooperation with its inspectors so far, emphasizing that the Agency would definitely not be able to fulfill its duties, in case Tehran reduced its cooperation with it.
Like previous occasions, Iran would definitely give a proportionate response, he said.