IAEA Draft Resolution ‘Dangerous Attempt’ at Whitewashing Aggression, Iran Warns

 Iran’s deputy foreign minister has censured the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over an anti-Islamic Republic draft resolution.

Kazem Gharibabadi said in a post on X on Tuesday that the move by the United States and three European Union countries at the IAEA, namely Britain, France, and Germany, is a “dangerous attempt” to whitewash accountability for aggressors and criminals.

“It has been documented by the IAEA that attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran’s nuclear facilities halted the agency’s verification activities and made its inspectors leave the country for security reasons,” the Iranian diplomat said.

Now, Gharibabadi said, the United States seeks to turn the consequences of its own illegal attacks into a case against the Islamic Republic.

“This is an inversion of accountability. They strike safeguarded facilities, disrupt the verification procedures and jeopardize nuclear security, and then they exploit the Board of Governors to pressure Iran.”

Gharibabadi advised the Board of Governors to refrain from imposing the costs of aggression on the targeted country.

“Drafting resolutions will not strengthen the IAEA Safeguards. Rather, condemnation of aggression against safeguarded facilities, respect for the rights of the member states, holding the aggressors to account and putting the agency back on its technical and impartial capacity will,” the Iranian deputy foreign minister stated.

The draft resolution demands that Tehran provide information on its enriched uranium stockpile and give the UN nuclear agency access to Iranian nuclear sites. It is expected to be submitted for a vote this week to the Board of Governors.