TEHRAN — Iran on Thursday confirmed its continued commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its Safeguards Agreement, despite a new law suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in response to recent US and Zionist attacks on its nuclear sites.
The statement came a day after President Masoud Pezeshkian signed into law a parliamentary bill requiring the government to limit IAEA cooperation. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi clarified that, under the legislation, Iran’s engagement with the UN nuclear watchdog will now be directed through the Supreme National Security Council “for obvious safety and security reasons.”
Araghchi strongly criticized Germany for backing Zionist and American military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, calling Berlin’s support a “shameful” violation of international law. “Germany also shamefully supported the unlawful US attack against Iranian nuclear facilities, which violated international law, the NPT, and the UN Charter,” he wrote on X.
He further accused Germany of historical hostility toward Iran, referencing its “Nazi-style backing of genocide in Gaza” and past support for Saddam Hussein’s chemical warfare during the Iran-Iraq war. “The explicit German support for the bombing of Iran has obliterated the notion that the German regime harbors anything but malice towards Iranians,” Araghchi added.
On Wednesday, Germany condemned Iran’s new legislation as a “devastating signal,” amid rising tensions between Tehran and the IAEA over monitoring and transparency, especially after a 12-day military confrontation involving Iran, the Zionist entity, and the United States.
The conflict, which began on June 13 with Zionist strikes on Iranian military and nuclear targets, escalated as Tehran responded with drone and missile attacks. The United States later bombed three nuclear sites in Iran before a US-brokered ceasefire brought hostilities to a halt on June 24.
