Iran Criticizes IAEA as Israeli Officials Demand Nuclear Dismantlement

Diplomatic tensions between Iran and the international community escalated on March 31, 2026, as Tehran criticized IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi for failing to condemn strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei suggested the country may withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), questioning its utility while facilities remain under fire. Concurrently, Israeli security experts from the INSS issued a policy paper arguing that any potential ceasefire must be predicated on the physical dismantling of underground nuclear sites and the total removal of enriched uranium, rejecting previous diplomatic frameworks like the JCPOA.\n\nOn the military front, the Trump administration confirmed significant degradation of Iranian naval and industrial capabilities. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that 150 Iranian vessels, including 92% of its largest ships, have been destroyed since the start of hostilities. Combined U.S.-Israeli forces have also reportedly targeted 40 Iranian defense industrial sites over a 48-hour period to disrupt drone and missile production. Regional instability persisted as Kuwait reported 13 drones entering its airspace following an Iranian strike on a desalination plant that killed a worker.\n\nDomestically, the Iranian government carried out the execution of two supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), Mohammad Taghavi and Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar. The executions, carried out at dawn on March 30, are viewed by human rights observers as a sign of the regime's efforts to suppress internal dissent as military and diplomatic pressures from the United States and Israel intensify.