Iran says Western censure resolution will ‘weaken’ cooperation with IAEA

Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami, right, tries to listen to a journalist at the conclusion of his joint press conference with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14, 2024. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami, right, tries to listen to a journalist at the conclusion of his joint press conference with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14, 2024. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

A resolution put forward by Western countries to censure Iran’s nuclear program at the International Atomic Energy Agency “will weaken and disrupt” interactions between the UN body and Tehran, it warns ahead of the vote.

Paris, Berlin, London and Washington have formally submitted a text condemning Iran for alleged lack of cooperation with the agency and its nuclear observers.

A formal vote is scheduled for today at the UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors meeting at its Vienna headquarters.

The submission of the resolution comes a week after a visit to Iran by the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi.

“This inappropriate action of the three European countries to issue a resolution against Iran will only weaken and disrupt interactive processes between the agency and Iran,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says in a statement carried by the foreign ministry.

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