{"id":23581,"date":"2025-06-19T07:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=23581"},"modified":"2025-06-19T09:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:17:26","slug":"iaea-chief-rebuffs-trump-says-no-evidence-iran-is-building-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=23581","title":{"rendered":"<h1>IAEA chief rebuffs Trump, says no evidence Iran is building nuclear weapons<\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-attachment-container\">\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23583\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/c1330991-14b0-4fba-87b2-aeeb95ff041f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/c1330991-14b0-4fba-87b2-aeeb95ff041f.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/c1330991-14b0-4fba-87b2-aeeb95ff041f-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/c1330991-14b0-4fba-87b2-aeeb95ff041f-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Rafael Grossi, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<p>PressTV<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a significant admission that contradicts the assertions of the Israeli regime and US officials, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has confirmed that there is no evidence Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday, Grossi acknowledged what Iran has repeatedly stated and the UN nuclear agency has also confirmed in its reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we reported was that we did not have any proof of a systematic effort [by Iran] to move toward a nuclear weapon,\u201d the director general of the IAEA was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that the agency\u2019s findings align with other independent sources on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The statement marks a clarification from the UN nuclear agency following heightened scrutiny and criticism of its most recent quarterly report on Iran\u2019s nuclear activities, which Iran dismissed as \u201cpolitically motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His remarks came just days after the IAEA Board of Governors passed a censure resolution against Iran, falsely accusing it of failing to comply with its nuclear obligations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23615\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ef46b9c8-fa00-415f-9813-5408f4a52aa0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ef46b9c8-fa00-415f-9813-5408f4a52aa0.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ef46b9c8-fa00-415f-9813-5408f4a52aa0-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ef46b9c8-fa00-415f-9813-5408f4a52aa0-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/presstv.ir\/Detail\/2025\/06\/12\/749696\/sabotage-to-spying-how-the-Israel%E2%80%93IAEA-nexus-aims-to-derail-Iran-nuclear-program\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2025\/06\/12\/749696\/sabotage-to-spying-how-the-Israel%E2%80%93IAEA-nexus-aims-to-derail-Iran-nuclear-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Documents acquired by Iran reveal a pattern of coordination between the Israeli regime and the UN nuclear agency, including sabotage and spying aimed at obstructing Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iranian officials maintain that obligations under the JCPOA are no longer binding in the absence of compliance by other signatories, notably the Europeans, and maintain that the country continues to uphold its commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and related IAEA Safeguards Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Pertinently, Iran is a signatory to the NPT, while the Israeli regime has refused to join it.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials maintain that the country is not seeking nuclear weapons in line with a religious decree issued by Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>Grossi\u2019s latest admission comes as the US threatens to attack Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities amid the Israeli aggression on the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump, in remarks on Tuesday, again regurgitated the debunked claims of Iran pursuing a nuclear weapons program<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli regime carried out wanton aggression against Iranian soil early on Friday, targeting top-ranking military commanders, nuclear scientists and civilians.<\/p>\n<p>It also deliberately attacked the Natanz nuclear facility in central Iran\u2019s Isfahan city, which drew widespread condemnation as an act that violates all international laws.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Iran launched a retaliatory operation dubbed \u2018True Promise III\u2019 in self-defense. So far, eleven phases of the operation have been carried out with tremendous success.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2025\/06\/18\/749985\/iaea-chief-rebuffs-trump-admits-no-evidence-iran-building-nuclear-weapons\">https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2025\/06\/18\/749985\/iaea-chief-rebuffs-trump-admits-no-evidence-iran-building-nuclear-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}