Iranian official: IAEA shared information about our nuclear programme with Israel

Iran’s Vice President and head of the Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, said that the first site targeted by Israel during recent military tensions was a fuel production plant for Tehran’s research nuclear reactor.

Speaking at the conference “International Law under Attack: Aggression and Self-Defence” in Tehran, Eslami said: “The first site attacked by Israel was the fuel production plant for Tehran’s reactor, and information about it was in the hands of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).”

He added: “When you have a room in a building for tests, equipped with the help of the IAEA, and that very room becomes the target of a strike, how can such precise targeting happen except with information from the IAEA?”

Eslami noted that the research reactor in Tehran, which the targeted plant supplied with fuel, produces radioactive medicines.

On 13 June, Israel launched a military operation against Iran, accusing it of carrying out a secret military nuclear programme. The attacks targeted nuclear facilities, military leaders, nuclear scientists, and air bases. Iran denied the accusations and carried out its own strikes, with exchanges continuing for 12 days.

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