Iran’s threats to resume its already restarted nuclear program if the IAEA processes a resolution to the United Nations Security Council, a resolution which the IAEA voted in favor for, have fallen on deaf ears and rightfully so. How can a nation threaten to do something it is already doing and expect results? The simple answer is that it can’t, but that has not stopped Iran from creating laws forbidding the nation to deal with the IAEA.

Iran’s parliament voted on Wednesday to speed discussion of a bill that would force the government to scale back its cooperation with the UN atomic watchdog, state media reported.

The bill to limit the scope of nuclear inspections is in retaliation for a resolution approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors last week recommending Iran’s case be sent to the UN Security Council.

If approved, the bill would oblige the government to stop implementing the Additional Protocol of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which allows UN inspectors to make short-notice visits to nuclear facilities.

Is this what Iran warned about? Legal moves to keep the IAEA out of Iran? It appears so, but it also looks like they want to go down the same path as other nations which have shunned the international community. For those other nations, things were not so great.