Iran Says Nuclear Watchdog Gave Washington Its Alibi
Spokesman Esmail Baghaei told reporters Tehran's compliance file at the IAEA was rewritten into the pretext for military strikes on Iranian soil.
- Esmail Baghaei made the charge at the ministry's weekly briefing on September 8, 2026.
- He accused the US and allies of turning Grossi's IAEA reporting into a war pretext.
- Baghaei called Iran's nuclear file a diplomatic dispute, no justification for bombing a sovereign state.
Why it matters: An agency that supplies the pretext for bombing has stopped inspecting and started arming one side.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei, weekly press conference (Sept 8, 2026) ↗ · Sep 9, 20269/9/26