British agent infiltrated the International Atomic Energy Agency to foster war against Iran

The Grayzone had access to confidential documents that show the influence that agent Nicholas Langman of MI6 (British Intelligence Service) had on the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA). He was responsible for creating animosity between Western countries and Iran, causing the beginning of an economic war.

The agent’s identity has already been committed on two other occasions. In 1997, the European public was speculating about the responsibility of MI6 in the death of Princess Diana. Langman arrived in Paris weeks before the accident to conduct “information operations” and mask accusations about the case. He was also responsible in 2005 for torturing 28 Pakistani in Athenas suspected of participating in a terrorist act in London.

Mi6 veteran agent biography reveals that he “led major interactions to identify and defeat the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons technology, including through innovative technical means and sanctions.” He was responsible for orchestrating the economic sanctions established by the West against Iran to “[construir] Highly effective and mutual relations within the government and with fellow seniors from the US, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East ”between 2010 and 2012.

Langman’s alleged influence on Iran reinforces Iran’s accusations that the international body would be acting in collusion with the West and Israel to weaken its sovereignty. The Iranian government states that the agency would have passed on to Israeli intelligence the names of its leading nuclear scientists (which were later murdered) and provides strategic information to the United States and Israel, used in bombing to the country’s nuclear facilities during the military offensive in June.

Between 2010 and 2012, the attitude of international governments and institutions in relation to Iran changed dramatically. During this period, Western countries and multilateral organisms adopted severe punitive measures against the country, while Israel intensified lethal secret operations against Iranian nuclear scientists. Coincidentally, this phase corresponds to the period in which Langman acted at the United Kingdom Ministry of Foreign Ministry of Foreign Ministry. According to the classified documents, he would have used the position to influence UN organizations, promoting an international campaign of Iran’s relationship cuts.

In 2015, the Obama government signed the nuclear agreement (JCPOA), which imposed severe limitations on the country’s atomic research in exchange for partial relief from sanctions. The AIEA, widely instrumentalized in this process, obtained unrestricted access to Iranian nuclear facilities, gathering strategic data that would later be used for questionable purposes.

Tehran accuses the agency of acting as a technical arm of Western intelligence. According to the Iranian government, confidential information from its main nuclear scientists was delivered to Israel. Among them was Mohsen Fakrizadeh murdered in 2020 after being publicly quoted by Benjamin Netanyahu. The offensive against Iran was not restricted to diplomacy: it involved murders, espionage and sabotage with tacit support from multilateral institutions.

Recently leaked documents reveal that Rafael Grossi, the current director of AIEA, maintained close relations with Israeli authorities, which would have favored his rise to office. AIEA’s silence in the face of accusations reinforces the perception that the body has lost its neutrality, becoming complicit of a geopolitical hostility campaign disguised as international regulation.