VIENNA: UN nuclear watchdog inspectors left Iran on Friday, according to the agency, which called for the resumption of its `indispensable monitoring` though the country officially suspended its cooperation after Israeli and US strikes on Iran`s nuclear facilities.

`An IAEA team of inspectors today safely departed from Iran to return to the agency headquarters in Vienna, after staying in Tehran throughout the recent military conflict,` the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a post onX.

`IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi reiterated the crucial importance of the IAEA discussing with Iran modalities for resuming its indispensable monitoring and verification activities in Iran as soon as possible,` it added.

Iran officially suspended its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday, after Israel launched its first military strikes on Iran`s nuclear sites, followed by the US strikes last month.

As a party to the NPT, Iran must account for its enriched uranium, which normally is closely monitored by the IAEA, the body that enforces the NPT and verifies countries` declarations. But the bombing of Iran`s facilities has now muddied the waters.-Agencies