Overview

• Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly approved a bill to suspend all cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, pending ratification by the Supreme National Security Council.
• The legislation instructs the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran to halt surveillance camera installations, inspections and reporting to the UN nuclear watchdog.
• The parliamentary decision follows US and Israeli airstrikes on June 13 and 22 that targeted the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities and left rubble and unexploded ordnance.
• Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said the move accompanies plans to accelerate Iran’s civilian nuclear program in response to Tehran’s claim of unaddressed attacks.
• IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has expressed readiness to return to Iran to assess damage even as experts warn that severing cooperation could cripple oversight of its nuclear activities.