Pakistan, July 10 -- TEHRAN - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged the United Nations' nuclear watchdog to stop applying "double standards" if it wants Tehran to resume cooperation on its nuclear programme, state media reported on Thursday.

Last week, President Pezeshkian signed a law suspending all cooperation with the International Atomic Energy (IAEA), prompting the to withdraw its last inspectors from Iran. Tensions have surged since the U.S. and Israel bombed Iranian nuclear facilities in June, accusing Iran of secretly working on a nuclear weapon - a charge Tehran strongly denies.

Speaking to European Council President Antonio Costa, Pezeshkian stressed that future cooperation with the IAEA would depend on the correcting ...