“We undoubtedly consider the Israeli regime and the United States responsible for the unlawful assaults against Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities,” Esmaeil Baqaei said during a press conference on Monday.
He was responding to a question by IRNA’s correspondent on recent remarks by Secretary General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, who said he did not say Iran was seeking nuclear weapons in his reports in an attempt to justify military strikes on the country’s nuclear sites.
Baqaei said, nevertheless, that the abuse of IAEA reports by the US and three European countries created a pretext for Israel and the US to exploit the situation.
He noted that even the IAEA chief acknowledged that no report from the IAEA contained any evidence of Iran’s nuclear program deviating from its peaceful path.
“In such circumstances, it was expected that the IAEA would swiftly condemn the Israeli and American actions against Iran’s nuclear facilities,” he said.
(This item is being updated.)
