Shorouk Express 
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 3. The International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is conducting inspections at at least
two Iranian facilities (the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and the
Tehran Research Reactor), Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson,
Esmail Baghaei, said at a press conference in Tehran today,
Trend reports.
According to him, Iran is a party to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and the work is being carried
out within the framework of the safeguards agreement.
Baghaei added that Iran has a parliamentary law on cooperation
with the IAEA. All processes are carried out within the framework
of this law. According to this law, the agency’s inspectors carry
out their inspections on the basis of a decision by the Supreme
National Security Council.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that
inspections of some Iranian nuclear facilities, including the fuel
rod assembly at the Bushehr nuclear power plant and the Tehran
research reactor, which produces radioisotopes, are a normal
process.
Meanwhile, Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA has been reduced to
a minimum since military airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities
in June.
On July 2, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a decree
suspending cooperation with the IAEA. According to a law passed by
the Iranian parliament, inspectors from the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) are prohibited from entering the country to
conduct inspections. The agency’s inspectors may be allowed to
enter the country only if Iran’s Supreme National Security Council
confirms that the country’s peaceful nuclear activities and the
safety of nuclear facilities are guaranteed.
