According to a video by Al Jazeera news on Saturday, July 5, 2025, in a chilling and deeply emotional statement, a senior official from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) described the recent joint U.S.–Israeli assault on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure not as a military strike, but an outright execution. “Our scientists were killed in their beds, this was not a war, it was an execution,” he declared during a tense segment of Inside Story, laying bare the human toll of what Tehran sees as a calculated decapitation strike.
The dramatic fallout comes after the IAEA pulled its last inspectors from Iran, following a complete suspension of cooperation by Tehran. Iran blames the agency for enabling the attacks, claiming that intelligence gathered under IAEA monitoring was used to precisely target their facilities. The official confirmed that over 700 inspections and 1,400 person-days of surveillance had taken place at Iran’s nuclear sites in just under 18 months, activities now viewed in Iran as a double-edged sword that left their program exposed to enemies.
“There has been no condemnation from the international scientific community,” the official added, his voice tinged with disbelief. “Not a word about the scientists murdered alongside their families. Not a single rebuke for the bombing of a national television studio, in the middle of a live broadcast.”
Iran, for its part, has fiercely defended its decision to expel the IAEA and hinted it may quit the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty altogether. In the words of one Iranian official, “We will enrich as much as we need, 90% if necessary. Zero enrichment is Trump’s illusion.”
The 12-day war, triggered by Israeli intelligence suggesting Iran was mere weeks away from weaponizing uranium, left hundreds dead. Among them were high-ranking nuclear experts, now mourned not just as scientists but as martyrs. The United States, under President Donald Trump, endorsed the strikes and hailed them as a “great success.” Trump added, “If they were to do it again, they might as well start in a different location because that location is totally demolished.”
But experts warn that the removal of international oversight could backfire. “Now, the world is blind,” one Al Jazeera journalist noted, pointing out that without real-time data from inspectors, any guesses about Iran’s nuclear ambitions will be driven by fear, not facts.
According to the IAEA, Iran’s compliance was up-to-date until May 28, 2025. But after that? “We really don’t know,” the official admitted. “The continuity of knowledge has been broken.” Still, he called for patience: “Iran is recovering from a traumatic event. Inspectors were inside the country while those facilities were bombed. That is unprecedented and utterly reckless.”
The reaction within Tehran is unified and furious. Officials see the strike not just as sabotage but a betrayal of trust, a violation of the very framework meant to ensure peace. “Iran cannot guarantee the safety of inspectors in a war zone,” a government adviser stated. “This is not a choice. It’s a consequence of aggression.”
Globally, the silence has been deafening. There has been no international outcry over the targeting of civilian scientists. No legal proceedings. No sanctions against those who authorized the strike.
What remains is a growing sense of danger, and despair. “This is going to play out over a long, long time,” warned a geopolitical analyst. “The world may have crossed a line it cannot walk back from.
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