Mohammad Eslami, who heads Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, has ruled out allowing international oversight of the country's nuclear program, arguing that Iran's current security situation makes such monitoring impossible. He further characterized international inspection bodies as instruments of the United States and Israel.
Eslami stated that "Iran is still in a state of war, its nuclear sites are not secured for inspections." He added that even after hostilities end, any future arrangement would require the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN body responsible for monitoring nuclear programs worldwide, to accept Iranian terms. "The IAEA must accept our oversight procedures, even after the war. The protocols must be established in coordination with Iran. This time, no free hand will be given," he said.
The Iranian official also attacked monitoring agencies directly, linking their silence to what he described as threats from Washington. "Trump continues to threaten to bomb Iranian nuclear sites. The silence of the monitoring bodies shows they are a tool in the hands of the United States and Israel," Eslami claimed.
