Western nations reacted a day after UN nuclear watchdog mentioned that Iran shouldn’t be cooperating.
Paris:
The US, Britain, France and Germany on Wednesday urged Iran ‘to fulfil its authorized obligations, and cooperate with the IAEA’, after the International Atomic Energy Agency adopted a decision formally criticising Tehran.
The international ministries of the 4 Western nations issued a joint assertion welcoming the IAEA’s decision “responding to Iran’s insufficient cooperation with the IAEA on serious and outstanding safeguards issues”, surrounding its nuclear actions.
“The overwhelming majority vote at the IAEA Board of Governors today sends an unambiguous message to Iran that it must meet its safeguards obligations and provide technically credible clarifications on outstanding safeguards issues,” the assertion added.
“We urge Iran to heed the call of the international community to fulfil its legal obligations, and cooperate with the IAEA to fully clarify and resolve issues without further delay.”
Earlier Wednesday the IAEA mentioned it had adopted a decision formally criticising Iran for a scarcity of cooperation with the UN nuclear inspectorate, diplomatic sources instructed AFP.
The movement introduced by the United States, Britain, France and Germany – however voted in opposition to by Russia and China — is the primary to criticise Iran since June 2020 and comes amid an deadlock on efforts to carry the US again right into a 2015 deal over Iran’s nuclear programme.
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