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Posted on 07/11/2026 4:22:39 PM PDT by Red Badger
Iran reiterated that it will not give UN inspectors access to its nuclear facilities following a UN Security Council meeting on Friday, facing down calls from Western nations to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The meeting was called by Bahrain and European countries, and came as fresh strikes between the US and Iran threatened to unravel the interim deal to end the war.
In a UN report presented at the briefing, the IAEA reported a "significant deterioration" in its awareness of Iran's nuclear facilities following the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei ruled out granting IAEA access to its facilities and called the report "meaningless and without any legal basis".
Iran, backed by Russia and China, argues that the UN Security Council no longer has legal authority to discuss its nuclear programme because the resolution underpinning the 2015 nuclear deal has expired.
Resolution 2231, which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), reached its scheduled end on 18 October 2025 unless UN sanctions were "snapped back" in line with provisions.
Western powers say they completed the snapback process in late September 2025, thereby reimposing UN sanctions that had been lifted under the JCPOA. Tehran, however, deems these measures "null and void", insists 2231 is now "legally non-existent", and has rejected subsequent Council meetings on its nuclear file as an abuse of authority.
In the report, the IAEA said it had "lost continuity of knowledge across all of Iran’s declared nuclear facilities" following last year's 12-day war and the recent conflict launched by Israel and the United States on 28 February.
The memorandum of understanding signed by Iran and the US in June opened the door to fresh negotiations over the future of Tehran's nuclear programme. Successive rounds of talks have so far failed to result in a permanent deal, with the two sides remaining far apart on key issues such as enrichment and the fate of Iran's stockpile of uranium.
But the ongoing standoff over the Strait of Hormuz has threatened to collapse the interim deal, with the US launching intense airstrikes on 8 and 9 July, and Iran responding with attacks on its Gulf neighbours.
Iranian officials have since threatened to walk away from the ceasefire deal if the US does not comply with its terms.
IAEA head Rafael Grossi said recently that "very strong" verification would need to be included in any deal.
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It’s a mostly peaceful nuclear program. /sarc
That tells you all you need to know. Drop bombs on them until they beg us to reconsider.
The problem is the true believing 12er Shia will die to the last non-12er Iranian. All the while telling those poor souls they’re privileged to do so.
Nuke the whole country until it is covered in glass.
and this is why Iran needs to be blown to smithereens, you cant negotiate with these scum you just cant
Carpet bomb Qom and drop a couple of MOABs down the Mahdi well.
FAFO seems to be their mode of operation. Inbreeding will do that.
This long-standing charade needs to end, mercilessly.
not suspicious at all...
Does the deadline expire at midnight Iranian Daylight Time or Eastern Daylight time or Pacific Daylight Time or Hawaiian Daylight Time or Some Other Daylight Time To Be Named Later?
President Trump is approaching this with the misconception that the Iranians in charge are RATIONAL people.
They are NOT rational people.
They are religious zealots with a death wish.
Their goal is to force the world into an apocalypse.
Give Iran a bigger nuclear problem, nuke Qom, Shiraz, Mashhad and Karbala.
They have time, the DEMs, and the world’s MSM on their side. Iran will continue to middle-finger Trump for as long as they can. If necessary, they’ll kill Trump.
CENTCOM: “At 7:15 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching the third round of strikes this week against Iran after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces blatantly attacked M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz. A civilian crew member is missing and the vessel is unable to continue the journey due to an onboard fire and significant engineroom damage.
Iran was provided yet another opportunity to demonstrate adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding after being held accountable for earlier attacks on commercial vessels but has again failed.
In response, the United States is imposing a heavy cost by continuing to degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the strait. The strikes are being carried out at the direction of the Commander in Chief.”
Is rhe Amican left in communication with Iran and urging them to cobtinue the war?
7:15 ET Today, and hour ago.
CENTCOM: “At 7:15 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching the third round of strikes this week against Iran after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces blatantly attacked M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz. A civilian crew member is missing and the vessel is unable to continue the journey due to an onboard fire and significant engineroom damage.
Iran was provided yet another opportunity to demonstrate adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding after being held accountable for earlier attacks on commercial vessels but has again failed.
In response, the United States is imposing a heavy cost by continuing to degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the strait. The strikes are being carried out at the direction of the Commander in Chief.”
One of Mandani’s people tried to meet with the Iranian Ambassador to the US, so, yes. They are.
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