US and Allies Want IAEA Board to Report Iran to UN Security Council, Diplomats Say
The board is weighing a resolution after Iran blocked inspectors from verifying enriched uranium stocks and access to bombed sites, diplomats said.
- Britain, France, and Germany are pushing members of the IAEA Board to pass a resolution next week reporting Iran to the Security Council for the first time in 20 years, diplomats said on Friday.
- Following the air war on February 28 involving Israel, which destroyed Iran's uranium-enrichment facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency has been unable to verify remaining enriched uranium stocks.
- International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors remain barred from these sites, where officials believe over 200 kg of enriched uranium survives; the agency calls this "a matter of serious concern."
- Negotiations regarding the draft resolution's wording are ongoing, as the IAEA Board seeks to end a year-long standoff over access to Iran's undeclared enrichment sites.
- A party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran maintains its nuclear program is peaceful, though it remains the only nation enriching uranium to up to 60% without producing a bomb.
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The United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany seek to adopt next week a resolution on the Council of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to bring Iran's case to the United Nations Security Council (UN) for the first time in 20 years, according to diplomats and the text of the proposal seen by Reuters.
US and allies push IAEA board to report Iran to UN Security Council, diplomats say
Western nations are seeking a UN resolution to report Iran's nuclear activities to the Security Council. This move follows Iran's non-compliance with nuclear non-proliferation obligations and IAEA investigations. Iran's uranium enrichment plants were previously damaged by airstrikes, limiting its options. The IAEA has expressed serious concerns over Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles. Concrete Security Council action remains unlikely due to Russ…
US, allies push IAEA to report Iran to UN Security Council
VIENNA/PARIS — The United States, Britain, France and Germany are seeking a resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board next week reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, according to diplomats and the proposed text seen by Reuters. If passed, the resolution would follow up on one adopted on June 12 of last year declaring Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for not fully cooperating with an …
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US and allies want IAEA board to report Iran to UN Security Council, diplomats say
(Replaces erroneous paragraph 3, making clear that Iran's nuclear facilities were bombarded last year, not this year)By Francois Murphy and John IrishVIENNA/PARIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. and its allies Britain, France and Germany are pushing other countries on the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board to pass a resolution next week reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, diplomats said on Friday.
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