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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
US, European powers submit Iran resolution at UN nuclear agency
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European powers and the United States submitted a resolution to the UN’s nuclear watchdog board condemning Iran’s “non-compliance” with its nuclear obligations, in a bid to up pressure on Tehran, diplomats tell AFP.
It is the latest move in a years-long effort to restrict Iran’s nuclear activities over fears that it is seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
The diplomatic maneuver comes as the United States and Tehran have held several rounds of talks mediated by Oman, aimed at securing an agreement on limiting Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
“The text has been submitted,” three diplomatic sources tell AFP on Tuesday night.
Paris, Berlin, London and Washington formally tabled the resolution at this week’s board meeting of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is expected to come to a vote on Wednesday evening at the earliest.
The draft resolution obtained by AFP calls on Iran “to urgently remedy its non-compliance” with its commitments under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
It also “deeply regrets” that Tehran “despite repeated calls from the Board and many opportunities offered… has failed to cooperate fully with the Agency.”
The agency’s “inability… to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear program is exclusively peaceful gives rise to questions that are within the competence of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),” which can draw up sanctions.
The resolution follows an IAEA report in late May that showed “a general lack of cooperation” by Tehran, diplomats said, including in providing “credible” answers to questions by the agency as well as the theft of confidential documents and the cleaning up of undeclared sites.
The report also criticized “less than satisfactory” cooperation from Tehran, particularly in explaining nuclear material found at undeclared sites in the past.
For years, the agency has been trying to obtain clarification on nuclear material and equipment found at undeclared sites and resulting from undeclared activities carried out until the early 2000s.
Tehran, which vows to destroy Israel, has also accelerated its production of near-weapons-grade uranium in recent months.
The Times of Israel Community.