Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says Tehran “remains committed” to cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

China rejects the use of force and illegal sanctions against the Islamic Republic and urges the United States to adopt a “sincere” political attitude.

Russia says all sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear energy program are illegal, emphasizing that Tehran has never expressed any intention to develop nuclear weapons.

Iran has slammed a UNSC meeting on its nuclear program as an ‘unwarranted interference’ in its cooperation with the IAEA.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran has summoned the envoys of the UK, France and Germany to Tehran over a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council regarding Tehran's nuclear program.

Iran's first vice president asserts that the country remains steadfast in its independent stance on its nuclear policy.

Iran's top diplomat says the country’s nuclear program cannot be destroyed militarily, for the technology has been achieved domestically.

The United Nations top nuclear official asserts that the West’s United States-led sanctions against Iran’s nuclear energy program were ineffective.

Iran’s envoy to the IAEA warns that the Western strategy of exerting pressure on Tehran to force its unilateral compliance with nuclear obligations is “not only ineffective but also counterproductive.”

Russia strongly condemns threats of using military force against Iran's nuclear facilities, warning that such actions would have catastrophic consequences.