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UN Nuclear Watchdog Board Reports Iran to the UN Security Council for the First Time in 20 Years
The referral could open the door to sanctions or asset freezes, though Russia and China can block U.N. action, officials said.
- 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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UN nuclear watchdog board reports Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years
The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at various undeclared sites in Iran.
IAEA board refers Iran to UN Security Council: diplomats
The IAEA board of governors on Wednesday voted to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear “non-compliance” in a diplomatic move to pile pressure on the Islamic republic, two diplomats told AFP. The resolution seen by AFP was adopted by 23 votes in favour, three votes against and eight abstentions, they said. […]
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