IAEA Board adopts resolution against Iran
Homa Lezgee
Press TV, Vienna
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors adopts a resolution drafted by the UK, France and Germany calling on Iran to grant the IAEA access to two locations amid allegations of undeclared nuclear activities.
Russia and China voted against the resolution, with Moscow describing it as counterproductive. In a statement delivered to the Board after the vote, the Russian ambassador to the Agency said the tension around the issue of access was abnormal since there was no risk of proliferation and no evidence to prove the allegations.
IAEA Board resolutions are not legally binding. Iran’s ambassador to the Agency said the adoption of the resolution would neither encourage nor coerce Tehran to grant access. Iran says the information obtained via espionage by Israel and which is now the basis of the Agency’s requests is invalid and unverifiable.
Iran’s ambassador has raised serious concerns over attempts to reopen cases pertaining to Iran’s past nuclear activities, which were officially closed by the Agency in late 2015, just a little time before the nuclear deal known as the JCPOA was signed.
The three European sponsors of the resolution and JCPOA signatories say they are still committed to preserving the deal. Tehran says by sponsoring the resolution they have put the future of the JCPOA in jeopardy and have worked to undermined the current level of Iran’s cooperation with the Agency. Iran will take action, Gharibabadi said without clarifying. We will inform the agency accordingly, he said.
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