On the 26th, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran chief Mohammad Eslami said the
IAEA must obtain legal approval from the Iranian parliament and the issuance of
corresponding security procedures before inspecting any nuclear facility that
has been subject to military attack. He said all Iranian sites hit in attacks
were previously registered with and inspected by the IAEA, and that the agency’s
failure to condemn the strikes has called its capability and independence into
question. The United States and Israel have pressed the IAEA to visit damaged
Iranian facilities to assess the effects of their strikes. Iran will not accept
IAEA inspection requests for those facilities until the parliament-mandated
security regulations are issued.
