IAEA reports Iran to UN Security Council

UN watchdog's board finds Iran in 'non-compliance' with its nuclear obligations

VIENNA:

The UN nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors has passed a resolution reporting Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years for breaching its non-proliferation obligations, diplomats said on Wednesday.

The resolution follows a June 12, 2025, decision that found Iran in "non-compliance" with its obligations, a day before Israel began bombing Iranian nuclear facilities, followed by the United States. Reporting Iran to the Security Council for that breach required a separate resolution.

The resolution specifically referred to two earlier resolutions: the June 12, 2025, decision finding Iran in non-compliance and the resolution adopted in June this year calling on Tehran to declare its remaining enriched uranium stocks and allow inspectors to verify them.

The resolution, proposed by the US, Britain, France and Germany, passed with 23 votes with three against and eight abstentions. Russia, China and Niger opposed it. The resolution directs the IAEA director general to report it, along with previous resolutions, to the UN Security Council and General Assembly.

Iran's mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) did not mention retaliation in its initial reaction, but accused the board of adopting another political resolution against Tehran.

"Once again, a political resolution on Iran is nonconsensually adopted by the #IAEA BoG (Board of Governors)," it said on X.

The original finding of non-compliance predates the war between the US and Iran and concerns Tehran's failure to explain uranium traces found at undeclared sites.

A separate standoff has now emerged over access to sites bombed by Israel and the US. Iran has not allowed IAEA to return to its bombed facilities.