Iran Won’t Show Inspectors Destroyed Nuclear Sites

Iran is suspending cooperation with the United Nations-sponsored atomic energy agency in the wake of major U.S. strikes against Tehran’s nuclear program, Iranian state media reported Wednesday.

The Islamic Republic will no longer comply with the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA), the primary arm used to monitor Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities for decades, according to the state-owned Islamic Republic News Agency. The law, which ends IAEA access to Iran’s nuclear facilities, passed unanimously in Iran’s parliament, marking the nation’s increased retrenchment in the light of U.S. and Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities in June.

Iran said it would keep the suspension in effect until the safety of its nuclear scientists and facilities are guaranteed, according to an Associated Press translation of Iranian state television. Israeli forces have already eliminated many of Iran’s top nuclear technical minds in addition to crippling various Iranian nuclear assets with American help.

While President Donald Trump has claimed that the U.S. “obliterated” the nuclear sites in Iran, damage assessments remain ongoing to determine the full extent of the damage. The administration, along with various other U.S. and Israeli officials,