The Head Of The IAEA Expressed Iran's Warning About The Risk Of Attacks On Its Nuclear Facilities

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian when receiving IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi. (Twitter/@rafaelmgrossi)

JAKARTA - Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi revealed, Iran warned him that Israeli attacks on their nuclear facilities could lead Tehran to be more determined to develop nuclear weapons, according to interviews broadcast and published on Monday.

"The attack has the potential to have a merger effect, strengthening Iran's determination - I will say it clearly - to pursue nuclear weapons or withdraw from the Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty," Grossi said in the interview, published on The Jerusalem Post website and broadcast on i24NEWS TV. , quoted from Reuters June 10.

However, Grossi doubts that Israel will attack Tehran's nuclear facility, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Iran's nuclear program "gos wide and deep," Grossi told The Jerusalem Post.

"Disturbing them will require enormous and powerful strength," he added.

Tehran and Washington were recently involved in Oman-mediated nuclear negotiations. Iran will submit a counter-proposal to the nuclear deal to the United States through Oman, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday, in response to a US offer that Tehran deems "unacceptable".

Last week, United States President Donald Trump said he had warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to take any action that could disrupt nuclear negotiations with Iran.

"I told him this was inappropriate now because we are very close to the solution now," Trump told reporters in the Oval Room.

"That can change at any time," he added.

Yesterday, President Trump and PM Netanyahu held talks in a 40-minute phone call on Monday evening, quoted by The Times of Isrel.

The two talks took place shortly after Iran announced it would soon respond to Washington's latest proposal on the nuclear deal.

Following the call, PM Netanyahu held a high-level security consultation focused on Iran.

In a brief description of the conversation, the Prime Minister's Office said the two leaders discussed the ongoing Washington nuclear negotiations with Tehran.

"President Trump has informed the Prime Minister, the United States has submitted a reasonable proposal to Iran and is expected to receive its response in the coming days," a statement from the Prime Minister's Office Netanyahu said.

President Trump told PM Netanyahu "that he plans to hold another round of talks with Iran over the weekend."

The statement gave no details of what PM Netanyahu said during the call.