Qatar Demands IAEA Oversight of Zionist Regime’s Nuclear Facilities

Date: 09 March 2025 - 22:11

News ID: ۱۳۷۷۲۱

DUBAI (Dispatches) – Qatar has called for international efforts to bring all of the Zionist regime’s nuclear facilities under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The foreign ministry of Qatar, in a statement, called on the occupying regime “to subject all its nuclear facilities to IAEA safeguards” and for Israel to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
The statement followed a meeting of IAEA governors in Vienna attended by Jassim Yacoub al-Hammadi, Qatar’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in Vienna. The meeting addressed “the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel’s nuclear capabilities.”
“Hammadi underscored the need for the international community and its institutions to uphold their commitments under resolutions of the UN Security Council, the UN General Assembly, the IAEA, and the 1995 Review Conference of the NPT, which called on Israel to subject all its nuclear facilities to IAEA safeguards,” the Qatari statement read.
Al-Hammadi noted during the meeting that “some of these resolutions explicitly urged Israel to join the NPT as a non-nuclear state.”
The Zionist regime is estimated to possess 200 to 400 nuclear warheads in its arsenal, making it the sole possessor of non-conventional arms in West Asia.
It has refused to either allow inspections of its nuclear facilities by the IAEA or sign the NPT.
He also pointed out that all countries in West Asia, except the Zionist regime, “are parties to the NPT and have effective safeguard agreements with the agency.”
He further noted that Israel continues its aggressive policies, such as calls for a forced displacement of the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, and its intensifying military operations in the West Bank, as well as the “obstruction of humanitarian aid to Gaza and continued restrictions on UNRWA’s operations.”
Qatar is a mediator for Gaza ceasefire talks between the occupying regime and Hamas resistance movement.
The top Qatari diplomat noted that Doha submitted a written memorandum last week to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding a request for an advisory opinion based on the UN General Assembly resolution of December 19, 2024.
“The request seeks clarification on Israel’s obligations concerning the activities of the United Nations, other international organizations, and third-party states,” Hammadi pointed out.
He emphasized that Qatar’s memorandum affirmed Israel’s duty to allow the UN and other international organizations, particularly UNRWA and humanitarian agencies, to operate in the Israeli-occupied territories.