The failure of the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi to respond adequately to the attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities undermines both the credibility of the organization's director general and the IAEA's prestige, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.
“Iran considers the ongoing US and Israeli attacks on peaceful nuclear facilities, in particular the Bushehr nuclear power plant, to be illegal and warns of the serious risks to human health and the environment, as well as the possibility of radioactive contamination,“ Araghchi wrote in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
According to the Iranian minister “The UN Security Council, the IAEA Board of Governors and its Director General have not taken effective measures within their mandates to prevent the recurrence of such actions“.
Furthermore, according to Araghchi, Grossi “in his recent media interview in March 2026, revealed confidential information regarding Iran's security guarantees and peaceful nuclear program“. The Foreign Minister believes that “the misuse of such information by adversaries could facilitate further attacks on Iran's protected nuclear facilities“.
Araghchi believes that such actions by the IAEA Director General “have undermined confidence in the international agency's safeguards regime, the impartiality of the IAEA and its Director General“.