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US and Israel Pursue Regime Change in Iran via Lies and Weaponizing of IAEA

This photo released Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in Natanz uranium enrichment facility near Natanz, Iran.
This photo released Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in Natanz uranium enrichment facility near Natanz, Iran.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 02.07.2025
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Iran's move to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is no surprise. Experts explain why in an interview with Sputnik.
After the 12-day war with Israel and a US strike, Iran's decision is an expected outcome, Turkish political analyst Ceyda Karan tells Sputnik.
Tehran considers the IAEA responsible for Israel's attack on Iran and apparent spying on behalf of Tel Aviv.
For his part, Karan draws attention to the fact that the IAEA neither publicly condemned the illegal attacks by Israel and the US, "nor has it expressed condolences over the deaths of Iranian nuclear scientists with whom it previously cooperated.”

“What comes next? Is it possible for Iran to return to diplomacy and the IAEA inspection system? Without solid guarantees — unlikely. Because we’re talking about opponents who systematically lie and are capable of launching strikes even during negotiations," Karan says.

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. - Sputnik International, 1920, 02.07.2025
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Regime Change Plot

The attacks' major goal wasn't to disrupt the Iran nuclear program but to trigger regime change in the country, according to retired admiral and expert Turker Erturk.
He believes that Israel could continue to push ahead with the coup d'etat plan and the ceasefire might not last for long.
“Do you know why they agreed to this ceasefire today? Because global public opinion has become more aware," Erturk tells Sputnik. "The unipolar world order is a thing of the past. The Global South is rising. Russia and China have proven highly effective in backroom diplomacy.”
In this Feb. 3, 2007 file photo, a technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran. Iran announced Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. - Sputnik International, 1920, 02.07.2025
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