Iran criticizes Gross's double standards in condemning the attack on nuclear facilities.
Tehran, Irena -. The Iranian delegation in Vienna criticized International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Raphael Grossi's double standards in condemning attacks on nuclear facilities, saying that when Iranian facilities were bombed, Grossi believed that issuing condemnation was outside the scope of his mandate.
It is impressive that Grossi could use the phrase "strongly derogatory," Iran's delegation in Vienna wrote in a statement on its X account on Monday.
"But why isn't it applied consistently in all situations? ".
Referring to Gross who condemned the killing of a staff member at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the mission continued, "When the bombs of the US and Israeli regimes hit Iran and kept nuclear facilities peaceful, unprecedented in the history of the agency, or the Iranian nuclear people were murdered, they never condemned. In these situations, apparently, DG considered condemnation to be outside his "scope" and "job".
"Selective outrage is not a pillar of nuclear safety and security. It's a pillar of a resume."
He said that institutional duty is not optional, adding, "Professionalism requires consistency."