Iran’s parliament approves bill to suspend cooperation with IAEA

Move makes it harder to verify degree of damage inflicted on Iran's three key nuclear sites by joint US and Israeli bombing

Iran's parliament has unanimously agreed to suspend all cooperation with the UN nuclear inspectorate the IAEA, making it harder for an independent expert assessment to be made about the degree of damage inflicted on Iran's three key nuclear sites by the joint US and Israeli bombing. It also makes it harder for the location of any highly enriched uranium to be known.

The vote is a sign that Iran wants to harden its negotiating position on cooperation with the west in the wake of the 12 days of attacks mounted by Israel, and the US, but supported by European governments only with varying degrees of enthusiasm.