Iran Nuclear Monitors Still Operating Amid Israel Retaliation Threats
- IAEA says inspectors are still implementing planned activity
- Israel has long planned strikes against nuclear infrastructure
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The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog is still conducting activities in Iran amid Israeli threats of retaliation following Saturday’s unprecedented missile attack against the Jewish homeland.
The presence of International Atomic Energy Agency monitors is significant because they inspect some of the facilities that could be targeted by Israel. When the US began bombing Iraq in 2003, IAEA inspectors received notice to leave the country before the attack began.