'Great violation of international law': IAEA members condemn Israel

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A number of member countries of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released a statement condemning Israel‘s attack at an exceptional IAEA meeting on Monday, Venezuela's permanent representative to the IAEA Claudia Salerno Caldera told CGTN and other media. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said that four buildings at Iran's Esfahan nuclear facilities were damaged during Israel's Friday attacks, including a uranium conversion plant, the central chemical laboratory, the Tehran reactor fuel manufacturer plant and the UF4 to EU metal processing facility. #iran #israel #atomic #nuclear #iaea

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00:00After the IAEA reported the destruction of above-ground facilities at Iran's nuclear Natanz site,

00:07the Vienna Agency on Monday released further damage details at another nuclear enrichment plant

00:13Israeli forces struck on Friday.

00:16At the Isfahan nuclear site, four buildings were damaged in Friday's attack.

00:23The Central Chemical Laboratory, a uranium conversion plant.

00:27During an exceptional IAEA board meeting, Agency Chief Rafael Grossi said there was no sign of further damage

00:35at Iran's Natanz or Fordow enrichment plants, while radiation levels outside the sites remained normal.

00:42Within the Natanz facility, there was both radiological and chemical contamination, Grossi said.

00:48Meanwhile, a number of countries, including China, Russia and Venezuela, condemned Israel's attack at the IAEA meeting.

00:56The large majority of countries of the board and also observers are considering this aggression by Israel unlawful,

01:05which is a very important statement to make.

01:09Iran's permanent representative to the IAEA, Ressa Najafi, said Iran will continue to respond with full force

01:16against Israeli attacks, referring to its right to self-defense.

01:20The IAEA and its director general had a clear responsibility to take effective, preventive and deterrent measures.

01:30The board must condemn Israeli aggression in its strongest term and hold it accountable.

01:37Otherwise, consequences would be with those appeasing this aggressor child killer regime.

01:45The IAEA says it will remain present in Iran with safeguard inspections resuming as soon as safety conditions allow,

01:53as required under Iran's nuclear non-proliferation treaty obligations.

01:58Iranian officials, however, responded that expectations Tehran will continue,

02:03its voluntary commitments to the treaty are unjustified,

02:07when its nuclear facilities are freely targeted by a non-member.

02:12Johannes Blechberger, CGTN, Vienna.

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