IAEA BoG Adopts Resolution against Iran

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution against Iran on Thursday, November 20.

Nineteen countries on the IAEA’s 35-member board voted for the resolution at the UN nuclear agency’s headquarters in Vienna, according to diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the outcome of the closed-doors vote.

Russia, China and Niger opposed it, while 12 countries abstained and one did not vote.

The resolution was put forward by France, the UK, Germany and the US, the AP reported.

The resolution urges Iran to “extend full and prompt cooperation,” provide the agency’s inspectors with “precise information” about its stockpile of enriched uranium and grant access to the country’s nuclear sites.

According to the IAEA, Iran maintains a stockpile of 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60% purity.

Thursday’s resolution instructed IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi to report on the implementation of the reinstated restrictions on Iran.

It also requested that Grossi ensure that his reporting “includes information on the verification of Iran’s uranium stockpile, including the locations, quantities, chemical forms, and enrichment levels, and the inventories of centrifuges and related equipment.”

Thursday’s resolution also demanded that Iran “acts strictly in accordance” with the so-called Additional Protocol that it signed in 2003.

That protocol grants more powers and oversight to the IAEA, especially when it comes to conducting snap inspections at undeclared nuclear sites.

Tehran had warned that it would reconsider its relations with the IAEA should the Board of Governors adopt a resolution against the country.

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