UN Nuclear Watchdog Board Reports Iran to the UN Security Council for the First Time in 20 Years
The resolution passed 23-3 with eight abstentions and calls for possible sanctions or asset freezes if Iran remains uncooperative.
- The IAEA board reported Iran to the Security Council on Wednesday for the first time in 20 years, citing failure to cooperate with investigations into uranium traces at undeclared sites amid escalating hostilities.
- Following investigations into uranium traces, the board found Iran in noncompliance with nonproliferation obligations; Western officials suspect the traces relate to a secret nuclear weapons program until 2003.
- The resolution, put forward by the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, passed with 23 votes on the 35-member board, while China, Russia, and Niger opposed it and eight countries abstained.
- Reporting Iran shifts responsibility to the Security Council, enabling the body to enact further measures including sanctions or asset freezes against the country.
- Punitive measures remain unlikely because China and Russia hold veto power on the Security Council, while Iran maintains its nuclear program is entirely peaceful amid escalating hostilities with the United States.
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Iran Nuclear Impasse Deepens After US Wins UN Watchdog Vote
The US pushed through a resolution of censure against Iran that refers its nuclear file to the United Nations Security Council, deepening the diplomatic divide separating Washington from Beijing, Moscow and Tehran.
The IAEA decided on Wednesday to refer the UN Security Council to Iran's non-compliance with its nuclear obligations, to an extent aimed at increasing pressure on Tehran. The resolution, proposed by four Western powers, was adopted by 23 votes to three, with eight abstentions.
The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) referred Iran to the UN Security Council with the aim of "increasing pressure on Tehran" The post IAEA refers Iran to the UN Security Council for "non-compliance" with its obligations appeared first on in.gr.
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