In response to its request to search two sites ... Iran: We will not allow the IAEA to violate our sovereignty

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said that his country would not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency under any circumstances to bypass what he called the framework regulating its work or violating Iranian laws and sovereignty.

Qalibaf added in a tweet on Twitter today, Sunday, in which the text was published by Fars News Agency, that the era of concessions in the past is over, and that his country accepts cooperation only in exchange for cooperation.

He also said that any negotiations with the United States should be from a position of strength, given that negotiations with Washington at the present time are absolutely prohibited, as he put it.

The Iranian official’s comments came in response to a resolution adopted Friday by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors, which requires Iran to allow IAEA inspectors to enter two sites suspected of carrying out undeclared nuclear activities in the past, in violation of the 2015 agreement between Tehran and major international powers.

In the context, 240 Iranian members of parliament issued a statement today denouncing the decision, saying that it reflects what they described as double standards in the agency's work, according to the official news agency (IRNA).

The director of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, had said earlier that Iran had been preventing inspectors 4 months ago from entering the sites.

However, Iran indicated that the IAEA was seeking to enter the two sites based on Israeli information, which it describes as unacceptable, and it also says that the IAEA file on its past activities has been closed.

Following the decision of the IAEA Board of Governors on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned the agency that any decision against his country would lead to the collapse of the nuclear deal that the United States withdrew in May 2018, while France, Germany and Britain were still involved. In it, as well as Russia and China.

Zarif said that Tehran does not hide anything from its nuclear program, and that IAEA inspectors have worked in his country for the past 5 years.

For its part, France, Germany and Britain issued a joint statement in which they said that they will not support the efforts of the United States to re-impose UN sanctions on Iran, following the issuance of the IAEA resolution that criticizes Tehran.