Iran demands end to 'politically motivated' application of IAEA statues: state media

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Iran’s permanent mission to the UN in Vienna has issued a statement calling for an end to the “selective and politically motivated implementation” of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) commitments, state news agency IRNA reports.

The statement — issued on the 70th anniversary of the approval of the IAEA statute — slams the UN nuclear watchdog for “applying double standards and discriminatory approaches”, emphasising that the statute is legally binding and must not be used as a political instrument to serve the interests of “certain powerful states”.

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