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FM spox: IAEA’s anti-Iran resolution ‘stain of disgrace’ on sponsors
Esmaeil Baqaei made the remarks two days after the IAEA’s Board of Governors adopted by a narrow margin the anti-Iran resolution proposed by France, the UK, Germany, and the United States, Press TV reported.
He said there was no goodwill behind the resolution, which merely makes Iran’s nuclear issue more complicated, rather than helping to resolve it.
“In my view, the content of the resolution is a stain of disgrace upon those who drafted and promoted it,” he added.
The resolution, he emphasized, “not only violates the regulations of the United Nations Security Council and the previous practices of the IAEA, but also fails to make even the slightest reference to the root cause of the problem — namely, the crimes committed by the Israeli regime and the US in their attacks on Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities.”
Baqaei further noted that the resolution constitutes blatant interference in the IAEA’s work and will further undermine the agency’s independence.
The IAEA’s resolution urged Tehran to “without delay” report on its enriched uranium stockpile and facilities damaged in the Israeli-US June aggression, while failing to mention Iran’s longstanding cooperation with the IAEA.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the “illegal and unjustified” document reflects the US bullying and the duplicitous behavior of the three European states.
The Islamic Republic also announced the termination of the deal signed in Egypt’s Cairo in September to resume cooperation with the UN’s nuclear watchdog.
The ties had been suspended after the unprovoked US-Israeli aggression against Iran on June13-24 that killed at least 1,064 people in Iran, most of them civilians.