Iran’s president on Wednesday reportedly ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities.
State media online reported the decision by President Masoud Pezeshkian.
It follows a law passed by Iran’s parliament to suspend that cooperation. It also already received the OK of a constitutional watchdog as well.
It wasn’t immediately clear what that would mean for the IAEA, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog.
After the law’s passage, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council was to oversee the bill and implementation. While the council itself hasn’t said anything publicly, Pezeshkian is the head of the council, so his reported order signals that the bill would be implemented.
However, under Iran’s theocractic government, there is room for the council to implement the bill as they see fit. That means that everything lawmakers asked for might not be done.
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