I believe that both (1) and (2) are true.
Let us denote the vertices of $I(G)$ as follows:
$V(I(G)) = \{ u^v : uv \in E(G) \}$, so that
$E(I(G)) = \{ u^vv^u: uv \in E(G) \} \cup \{ u^vu^w: v\neq w; uv, uw \in E(G) \}$
As for (1), both $G$ and $I(G)$ are cubic, so by Vizing's theorem we have $\chi'(G), \chi'(I(G)) \in \{3, 4\}$.
If $\chi'(G) = 3$, then pick a 3-edge-colouring $c : E(G) \to \{1,2,3\}$. Let $c_I$ be defined as follows:
$$c_I(u^vv^u) = c(uv),$$
$$c_I(u^vu^w) \in \{1,2,3\} \setminus \{ c(uv), c(uw)\},$$
where the second formula uniquely defines $c_I$, since $c(uv) \neq c(uw)$.
With this $c_I$, the edges incident to a vertex $u^v \in V(I(G))$ and their respective colours are: $u^vv^u, u^vu^w, u^vu^y$ and $c(uv), c(uy), c(uw)$, which are distinct (where the neighbours of $u$ are $\{v,w,y\}$). Therefore, $\chi'(I(G)) \le 3$.
For the other direction, if $\chi'(I(G)) = 3$, let $c_I : E(I(G)) \to \{1,2,3\}$ denote a valid 3-edge-colouring. Let $c: E(G) \to \{1,2,3\}$ be defined as $c(uv) = c_I(u^vv^u)$.
Assume $c(uv) = c(uw)$ for some vertex $u$ with neighbours $\{v,w,y\}$. This won't work out: if $k = c_I(u^vv^u) = c_I(u^ww^u)$, then each edge of the triangle $u^v, u^w, u^y$ should be given one of the two colours $\{1,2,3\} \setminus \{k\}$: impossible. Therefore, $c$ is a good 3-edge-colouring, so $\chi'(G) \le 3$.
As for (2), if you don't mind relying on a deep and difficult result, it's easy to verify the conditions of the Strong Perfect Graph Theorem:
In an induced cycle of length $>3$, at most 2 out of the 3 vertices $u^v, u^w, u^y$ may be present. It cannot happen that exactly 1 of these is present (degree would fall to 1). So for each $u \in V(G)$, we have 0 or 2 vertices in the cycle, an even number overall.
An "anti-hole" of length 5 is the same as a hole of length 5; for anti-holes of length $\ge 7$, we'd need to have vertices of degree $\ge 4$, which we don't.
