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The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency has found Iran in breach of its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, according to a copy of the adopted resolution seen by The Washington Post. Iran responded with a statement condemning the move as politically motivated and “unjustified, groundless and cruel.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution cited “undeclared nuclear material and activities at multiple undeclared locations” in Iran that constituted noncompliance and prevented the agency from being able “to verify that there has been no diversion of nuclear material required to be safeguarded.”
According to an Iranian state media readout, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Tehran will “take appropriate measures in response to this action to protect the interests and rights of the Iranian nation” and its “peaceful nuclear energy.”
The Thursday vote by the IAEA’s board of governors was expected following the agency’s report last month that Iran had amassed further stockpiles of near-weapons-grade uranium. The vote was put forward by Britain, France, Germany and the United States, according to the Iranian readout and the Associated Press.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution cited “undeclared nuclear material and activities at multiple undeclared locations” in Iran that constituted noncompliance and prevented the agency from being able “to verify that there has been no diversion of nuclear material required to be safeguarded.”
According to an Iranian state media readout, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Tehran will “take appropriate measures in response to this action to protect the interests and rights of the Iranian nation” and its “peaceful nuclear energy.”
The Thursday vote by the IAEA’s board of governors was expected following the agency’s report last month that Iran had amassed further stockpiles of near-weapons-grade uranium. The vote was put forward by Britain, France, Germany and the United States, according to the Iranian readout and the Associated Press.