Intelligence minister: World must do more to press Iran on nuclear sites

Israel’s Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen says the international community must do more to gain access to suspected Iranian nuclear sites.

“Words and political speeches are not enough. The IAEA has been asking Iran for clarifications for a year without results. There are two suspicious facilities that IAEA’s inspectors have not been granted access to since January 2020. Without any doubt the Iranian regime is hiding its nuclear activity from the international community. The same regime which consistently declares its intentions to destroy the State of Israel and to wipe it off the map,” he says.

“Therefore, I urge the IAEA and its Director General Rafael Grossi, whom I met earlier this year in Vienna, to condemn Iran’s violation of the nuclear agreement and to act proactively against Tehran’s nuclear plan.

“I also call upon the global community to refrain from the old mechanism of the United Nations Security Council and restore international sanctions against Iranian uranium enrichment, plutonium-related heavy water work, and ballistic missile development. The sanctions should not be lifted until Iran opens its facilities to IAEA inspectors and refrains from building a nuclear weapon.”