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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IAEA refers Iran to UN security council over nuclear non-compliance
The IAEA has referred Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear program non-compliance, a move to increase diplomatic pressure on Tehran. Read More: https://punchng.com/iaea-refers-iran-to-un-security-council-over-nuclear-non-compliance/
The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has referred Iran to the Security Council for the first time in 20 years for failing to meet its obligations regarding its nuclear program The action is aimed at increasing pressure on Tehran, two diplomats said. The resolution referring Iran to the UN Security Council was adopted by 23 votes in favor, 3 against and 8 abstentions. Russia, China and Niger voted against.
IAEA reports Iran to UN Security Council for breaching nuclear agreement
The United Nations nuclear watchdog on Wednesday referred Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, escalating a long-running dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program and its refusal to provide inspectors access to key sites. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-member board of governors approved the resolution by a vote of […]
On Wednesday, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted to refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council against the background of non-compliance with its obligations in the nuclear file, in a step aimed at increasing pressure on Tehran, in accordance with diplomats.
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