It is impressive that the phrase “STRONGLY CONDEMNS” can be used by Grossi, wrote Iran’s delegation in Vienna in a statement on its X account on Monday.
“But why is it not applied consistently in all situations?”
Referring to Gross’s condemning the killing of a staff member at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the mission continued, “When US and Israeli regime bombs struck Iran safeguarded peaceful nuclear facilities, unprecedented in the Agency’s history, or the Iranian nuclear personnel were assassinated, they were never condemned. In those situations, DG apparently considered condemnation to fell outside his ’purview’ and ‘work’.”
“Selective outrage isn’t a pillar of nuclear safety and safeguards. It’s a pillar of a résumé.”
It said that institutional duty is not optional, adding, “Professionalism requires consistency.”
