During his press briefing, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has lamented that the International Atomic Energy Agency ignored US-Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities and accused them of failing to do their job.

“The international community and the [International Atomic] Energy Agency and the governing body have not passed the test and did not do their job, and they cannot face dishonest American attacks on the nuclear facilities in Iran,” he says at a press briefing.

“We will never forget also that we have lost a big number of leaders and citizens,” he adds.

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