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Beastly Boy

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Mon Jun 30, 2025, 08:54 AM 15 hrs ago

Iran says it poses no threat to IAEA chief after newspaper called for his execution

Source: Times of Israel

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday that Tehran poses no threat to the head of the UN nuclear watchdog nor its inspectors, after an Iranian newspaper claimed that Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi was an Israeli spy and called for him to be executed.

Iran’s ultra-conservative Kayhan newspaper recently alleged that unspecified documents showed Grossi to be an Israeli spy. “It should therefore be officially announced that he will be tried and executed upon arrival in Iran for spying for the Mossad and participating in the murder of the oppressed people of our country,” the newspaper said.

“No, there is not any threat” against the inspectors or the director general, Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani said in an interview with US broadcaster CBS. The ambassador said inspectors in Iran were “in safe conditions.”

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, however, called Grossi’s request to visit Iranian nuclear facilities that were targeted by American and Israeli airstrikes “meaningless” and “possibly malign in intent.”



Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-says-it-poses-no-threat-to-iaea-chief-after-newspaper-called-for-his-execution/

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A "Grand Ayatollah" in Iran issued a fatwa yesterday Mosby 12 hrs ago #1

Mosby

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1. A "Grand Ayatollah" in Iran issued a fatwa yesterday
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:13 AM
12 hrs ago

For Trump, Netanyahu and other Israeli cabinet members.

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