Iran pledges 'firm' response to IAEA resolution, switches off cameras 

Prospects for supervision of Iran's nuclear activities went cloudy as the UN nuclear watchdog chief decried a potential "fatal blow" from Iran's disabling of 27 IAEA-installed cameras at its key facilities. 
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A monitoring camera used in Iran is seen during a press conference of Rafael Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on the current situation in Iran at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on June 9, 2022. - JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images
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The spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, took to Twitter to denounce an "ill-advised" resolution passed by the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Khatibzadeh warned that Iran's response will be "firm and proportionate," and accused the architects of the motion — the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany — of pursuing a "short-sighted" agenda.  

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