Tehran, June 21 (RHC)-- Iran has filed a complaint to the UN secretary-general and president of the Security Council against the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head, Rafael Grossi.

Iranian UN ambassador Amir-Saeid Iravani condemned Grossi’s “approach regarding Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities” and what he said was a “failure” to condemn Israel’s military action against Iran, according to the semi-official Iranian news outlet Fars News.

Mohammad Eslami, the head of Iran’s atomic energy agency, threatened legal action against Grossi for alleged “inaction” during Israel’s attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities.

In early June, Grossi said Iran had continually evaded providing details on its nuclear programme, meaning the agency “will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful.”

Speaking to the UN Security Council on Friday, Grossi warned that attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites had caused “sharp degradation in nuclear safety and security.”

[ SOURCE:  AL JAZEERA ]