Iran accuses IAEA chief of enabling war-justification using agency reports

In a statement posted on X, Eszmail Bagai, the spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry, accused the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency of allowing the organization’s technical reports to be repurposed as evidence for a military campaign against Iran. Bagai claimed the reports have become the basis for constructing political and legal arguments that legitimize the use of force, eroding the distinction between nuclear monitoring and war preparation.

He warned that such actions jeopardize the IAEA's independence and impartiality, labeling the agency's involvement in what he described as an illegal, elected war as "criminally complicit." Bagai further argued that responsibility for aggression should not be limited to the commanders and executors of attacks, but also include those who knowingly assist in building the political, legal, or evidentiary case for it. The accusation w.