UN Nuclear Watchdog Board Reports Iran to the UN Security Council for the First Time in 20 Years
- 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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The International Atomic Energy Agency has reported Iran to the UN Security Council for lack of cooperation.
The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency decided on Wednesday to refer Iran's non-compliance with its nuclear obligations to the UN Security Council, an approach aimed at increasing pressure on the country, said two diplomats.
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welingelichtekringen.nlThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is taking complaints regarding Iran to the United Nations Security Council. The agency's so-called Board of Governors believes the country must cooperate with inspections. The move is primarily intended to increase diplomatic pressure. The likelihood that the Security Council will actually intervene seems slim.
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors referred Iran to the UN Security Council for violating nuclear non-proliferation obligations...
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