‘Another major mistake’: Iran decries West’s new anti-Tehran resolution at IAEA
Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Vienna called the Western countries’ plan to introduce a resolution against Iran at the UN atomic agency’s Board of Governors “another major mistake,” and a new “deliberate attempt to politicize” the board.
In a post on X, the mission said the United States, together with Britain, France, and Germany are preparing to introduce a resolution against Iran over its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the forthcoming event.
“These confrontational tactics are misguided and will yield no advantage whatsoever to them. Should this draft resolution be adopted, it will unavoidably and adversely affect the positive course of cooperation between Iran and the IAEA,” the post read.
Iran’s Ambassador to the IAEA Reza Najafi also reacted to the resolution on Saturday, saying that it will not change Iran’s status of safeguards implementation.
The upcoming Board of Governors meeting is scheduled to take place from November 19 to 21 at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna.
Najafi argued that Washington and the three European countries — known as the E3 — are once again attempting to “exploit international mechanisms to impose their illogical and coercive positions on the Iranian people.”
“Forcing the [IAEA] Director General to report on the basis of expired UN Security Council resolutions is not only entirely unlawful and unjustified, but in practice, will also add to the existing complexities and deliver yet another blow to diplomacy,” the Iranian envoy said.
Najafi noted that the push by the US and the E3 is unlikely to change the existing state of safeguards implementation in Iran, which has been affected by the 12-day US-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic in June.
Najafi called on all member states of the BoG to oppose what he described as destructive unilateral actions of the US and its European partners.
The Iranian envoy also underscored Iran’s right to take necessary actions in retaliation to any unlawful or unwarranted measures.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Permanent Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani on Friday reaffirmed Iran’s long-standing commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), rejecting Western allegations regarding Iran’s compliance.
Iravani said the United States and the European trio had repeatedly echoed “Israeli regime fabrications” concerning Iran’s peaceful nuclear energy program, while ignoring Israel’s own nuclear arsenal and refusal to submit to international oversight.
He stressed that, in addition to fully complying with the NPT and its safeguards obligations, Iran has never violated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a 2015 nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and world powers, including the United States and the E3.