Iran Rejects G7 Call for IAEA Cooperation, Decries ‘Hypocrisy’ Over Sanctions and Strikes

Tehran says the G7 appeal lacks legitimacy due to Western moves to reinstate UN sanctions.

Overview

G7 foreign ministers urged Iran to fully restore cooperation with the IAEA, resume facility inspections, and enter direct talks with the United States.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei dismissed the statement as hypocritical and called its allegations against Iran unfounded and irresponsible.
Baghaei blamed the United States for the current impasse, citing Washington’s 2018 exit from the JCPOA and what Iran describes as attacks on its peaceful nuclear sites.
He accused the US and the European Troika of misusing the JCPOA dispute mechanism to trigger UN sanctions ‘snapback,’ which Tehran calls unlawful and illegitimate.
Reporting this year notes five Iran–US negotiation rounds produced no results, with Iranian accounts linking the breakdown to Israeli military action and US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.