WANA (Jun 10) – A draft resolution targeting Iran’s nuclear program, spearheaded by the United States, is scheduled for a vote this afternoon (Wednesday) at the quarterly meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors.

 

The document, drafted by the U.S. and backed by the European trio of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (E3), was officially registered with the Board’s secretariat on Monday night. It is slated to be addressed during this afternoon’s session concerning safeguards issues related to Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

 

However, diplomatic sources stated that if debates prolong and backroom consultations among member states continue, the vote could potentially be pushed to Thursday.

 

Demands Over Bombed Nuclear Facilities

The draft resolution demands that Tehran provide the IAEA with information regarding the status of nuclear facilities that were recently bombed, as well as the fate of the enriched uranium that was stored at those sites.

 

Iran has fiercely pushed back against the text, countering that the primary architect of the resolution is the very source of the crisis it now claims to address.

 

In a formal letter sent to foreign ministers of the IAEA Board members, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi urged them to view the matter with “vigilance, neutrality, and a responsible approach,” warning them not to allow the UN nuclear watchdog to be turned into a political tool for Washington.

 

Furthermore, Iran’s permanent mission to international organizations in Vienna distributed an official explanatory note to Board members on Tuesday.

 

The mission asserted that the U.S. is desperately seeking to pass an “unnecessary and provocative” resolution simply to assess the full scale of destruction caused by its own military aggression.

 

Safe-Guards Implementation “Practically Impossible” After Strikes

Tehran argues that routine safeguards inspections cannot continue as normal when the facilities in question have been subjected to military bombardment.

 

According to the Iranian position, the normal execution of IAEA safeguards faces severe practical, logical, and legal limitations following military strikes on protected sites.

 

Iranian diplomats stressed that the responsibility for the consequences of this volatile situation cannot legally be shifted from the perpetrators of the aggression to the victim.

 

Tehran has reiterated its prior warnings that any uncalculated or reckless action taken by the IAEA Board of Governors will be met with an immediate and proportionate response from the Islamic Republic.