President Isaac Herzog urges the International Atomic Energy Agency to continue its probe of Iran, after his Iranian counterpart said Tehran won’t return to the 2015 nuclear deal unless the UN watchdog shutters its investigation into uranium traces found at unexplained sites.
“The IAEA’s independence is critical. It should be strictly adhered to, including its ability to investigate violations of nuclear developments in Iran,” Herzog says in Bern at a press conference with Swiss President Ignazio Cassis. “The Iranian president’s statement today is perfectly clear: it says, ‘We don’t respect the independence of the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate open cases,’ which are major cases involving enriched uranium, located by IAEA inspectors.”
“I call on the international community, including from here in Switzerland, a loyal member of the international order, international law, and the international community, to do everything to ensure the IAEA’s independence and of course to deny Iran nuclear weapons,” Herzog adds.
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