Iran denounces Austria for blocking its nuclear chief from a meeting in Vienna
Austria said a U.N. sanctions committee rejected a waiver, blocking Mohammad Eslami from the meeting as Iran accused Washington of pressure.
- On Monday, Iran condemned Austria for excluding Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization, from the United Nations nuclear agency gathering in Vienna, calling the decision a "serious breach" of Tehran's rights.
- Austria's ambassador to the IAEA, Christian Ebner, stated the country was forced to deny entry after a U.N. Security Council committee rejected Austria's request to exempt Eslami from a travel ban.
- Washington blocked the exemption request, with U.S. ambassador to the IAEA Preston Wells Griffith citing Iran's lack of "meaningful cooperation on nuclear safeguards" as the reason for the denial.
- Russian ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov echoed Iran and China in rejecting the sanction's legality, claiming Western nations "unleashed a genuine campaign of visa-related abuses" to settle scores with undesirable countries.
- The IAEA remains unable to verify Iran's stockpile of 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60% purity, having been blocked from nuclear sites since the 12-day war in June 2025.
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<p>The United States did not allow the head of Iran's nuclear program to come to the IAEA meeting, Tehran protests the United States refused to support an exemption from UN sanctions for Mohammed Eslami. Iran called the cancellation of his visa a political pressure</p>.
"Mohamad Eslami and his delegation took a regular flight to Vienna on Saturday, but they were blocked on the road due to obstructions from the United States," said television
Vienna, 14 Sep. (askanews) - The Iranian nuclear programme manager, Mohammad Eslami, was unable to attend the General Air Conference in Vienna. Austria did not grant the visa to Eslami and the Iranian delegation, who returned to Tehran. According to Iran, the decision was taken under the pressure of the United States. Washington argues instead that Eslami is subject to sanctions. A diplomatic source in Vienna confirmed to the agency France at wh…
This is the first time that Mohammad Eslami has been denied access to the IAEA headquarters, the UN nuclear authority. The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained to the AFP that he was subject to a UN travel ban and that his request for exemption had been refused.
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