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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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.
The IAEA has reported Iran to the UN Security Council for violating nuclear obligations.
UN nuclear watchdog board reports Iran to Security Council
The UN atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years, citing it for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at undeclared sites. Western officials suspect that the traces could provide evidence that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons programme until 2003. Iran says that it is not pursuing nuclear weapons and that its programme is…
The International Atomic Energy Agency's board has reported Iran to the United Nations (UN) Security Council for the first time in 20 years - for failing to cooperate in a long-running investigation into traces of uranium found by atomic inspectors at various undeclared sites in the Islamic Republic. 23 of the 35 member countries of the IAEA Board of Governors voted for this decision at the session in Vienna.
For the first time in twenty years, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) referred Iran to the UN Security Council due to the lack of cooperation in a long-standing investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at several unreported sites in the country. The resolution - presented by the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany - of a total of 35 states passed by 23 votes in favour, 8 abs…
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