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Iran accuses UN Nuclear Chief Grossi of bias over Israeli attacks

Rafael Mariano Grossi (L), Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), holds a delegation meeting with Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) building on a visit to the capital as negotiations between Iran and the United States continue, in Tehran, Iran on April 17, 2025. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran - AA Photo)
Rafael Mariano Grossi (L), Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), holds a delegation meeting with Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) building on a visit to the capital as negotiations between Iran and the United States continue, in Tehran, Iran on April 17, 2025. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran - AA Photo)
June 22, 2025 01:04 PM GMT+03:00

Iran has filed a formal complaint against the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, accusing him of partiality and passivity over Israeli attacks on the country, local media said on Sunday.

In a letter to the U.N. Security Council, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the U.N., Amir-Saeid Iravani, called Grossi’s remarks during the Israeli attacks on Iran and its nuclear sites “a clear and serious breach of the standard of impartiality” that his position requires.

Iravani said in his letter that Grossi has failed to “undertake appropriate preventive and deterrent measures” by his “continued silence and inaction in the face of these violations.”

US President Donald Trump said early Sunday that his forces bombed three Iranian nuclear sites in Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan.

The strikes came as the latest escalation in a U.S.-backed Israeli military assault on Iran since June 13, prompting Tehran to launch retaliatory attacks on Israel.

Israeli authorities said at least 25 people have been killed and hundreds injured since then in Iranian missile attacks.

Meanwhile, in Iran, 430 people have been killed and more than 3,500 wounded in the Israeli assault, according to the Iranian Health Ministry.

June 22, 2025 01:04 PM GMT+03:00
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