UN's nuclear watchdog agency pulls monitors from Iran nuclear sites due to possible Israeli attack

The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has stated that United Nations inspectors overseeing Iranian nuclear sites have been instructed to leave because of concerns about potential Israeli strikes on Tehran's nuclear facilities.

"I have decided to keep the inspectors away until we are certain that the situation has completely stabilized. We plan to resume our operations tomorrow," Grossi stated, urging for "extreme caution" following Iran's attacks on Israel.

Grossi mentioned that the Iranian government informed IAEA inspectors that all nuclear facilities under daily inspection would remain closed because of security considerations.

Israel has a history of carrying out operations against nuclear sites in the region.

In 1981, it conducted an airstrike on Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor, despite objections from the U.S.

Additionally, in 2018, Israel confirmed a previously undisclosed airstrike on a reactor in Syria that occurred 11 years earlier.

Source: Newsroom