‘Politically motivated’: Tehran blasts US-backed IAEA draft resolution
Iran dismissed a joint draft resolution submitted by the United States, Britain, France, and Germany to the UN nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors as “politically motivated and provocative,” accusing its sponsors of seeking to shift responsibility for aggression from the perpetrators to the victim.
The US is lobbying other countries on the UN nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors to back the draft resolution demanding Iran to provide "precise" information on its enriched uranium stockpile and give the UN nuclear agency access to its nuclear sites "without delay.”
In a non-paper distributed to the board’s members ahead of a possible vote on the resolution, seen by IRNA, Iranian mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) argued that its compliance with safeguards obligations cannot be assessed in isolation from the current security environment and the unprecedented circumstances created by US and Israeli attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.
According to the document, the IAEA director general's own report shows the current situation is a direct consequence of military strikes against Iran. It cited the report's second paragraph, which states that the agency halted verification activities in Iran following the onset of military actions and, citing safety concerns, withdrew all its inspectors from the country by the end of June 2025.
Iran stressed that the suspension of inspections at certain sites was the IAEA's own response to the aggressive acts and exceptional security conditions caused by the US-Israeli aggression against Iran. Nonetheless, the draft resolution describes the situation as if conditions were completely normal and no attacks had occurred, according to the Iranian delegation.
The Iranian delegation said that the current security environment was created by the same country that is now proposing the draft resolution. In other words, Iran said, the United States, after creating the crisis by attacking Iran's nuclear facilities, is now seeking to use the consequences of the crisis as allegations against Tehran before the IAEA board.
Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Vienna on Monday warned against any anti-Iran move at the IAEA, saying that “coercion and confrontation” undermine prospects of a diplomatic solution.
Last week, the IAEA in a confidential report reiterated that the lack of access to nuclear sites in Iran constituted a "proliferation concern."
During the previous 12-day aggression by the US and Isreal against Iran in June 2025, three Iranian nuclear facilities were heavily bombed by the US military.
Nuclear facilities have also been hit in the latest war, which erupted on February 28.
Prior to US strikes in June 2025, the IAEA calculated that Iran possessed approximately 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent.