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United Nations nuclear agency condemns Iran The resolution comes after the
agency said Iran has defied demands to rein in its nuclear program and has
increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.


WORLD


UNITED NATIONS NUCLEAR AGENCY AGAIN CONDEMNS IRAN FOR FAILING TO FULLY COOPERATE

November 22, 20241:08 AM ET

By 

The Associated Press

The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flies in front of its
headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria.
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VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board on Thursday condemned Iran for
failing to cooperate fully with the agency, the second time it has done so in
just five months.

The International Atomic Energy Agency also called on Tehran to provide answers
in a long-running investigation into uranium particles found at two locations
that Tehran has failed to declare as nuclear sites.

Nineteen members of the IAEA board voted for the resolution, while Russia, China
and Burkina Faso opposed it, and 12 abstained and one did not vote, according to
diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the outcome of the
closed-doors vote.

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The resolution was put forward by France, Germany and Britain, supported by the
United States. It comes at a critical time, ahead of Donald Trump's return to
the White House.


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ATTACK

Trump's first term in office was marked by a particularly tense period with
Iran, when the U.S. president pursued a policy of "maximum pressure" against
Tehran. In 2018, Trump unilaterally withdrew America from Iran's nuclear deal
with world powers, and imposed even harsher sanctions that have since hobbled
Iran's economy further.

The resolution comes on the heels of a confidential report earlier this week in
which the IAEA said Iran has defied international demands to rein in its nuclear
program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near
weapons-grade levels.

That report, seen by the AP on Tuesday, said that as of Oct. 26, Iran has
accumulated 182.3 kilograms (401.9 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60%, an
increase of 17.6 kilograms (38.8 pounds) since the last IAEA report in August.
Uranium enriched at 60% purity is just a short, technical step away from
weapons-grade levels of 90%.

The resolution approved on Thursday requires the IAEA to now produce a
"comprehensive and updated assessment" of Iran's nuclear activities, which could
eventually trigger a referral to the U.N. Security Council to consider more
sanctions on Tehran.

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In a joint statement issued after the approval of the resolution, the Atomic
Energy Organization of Iran and the Iranian foreign ministry condemned the
passing of the resolution, saying that Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami has
issued orders to launch new and advanced centrifuges, powerful machines that
spin rapidly to enrich uranium.

In the past, the IAEA has named two locations near Tehran — Varamin and
Turquzabad — where there have been traces of processed uranium, according to
IAEA inspectors. Thursday's resolution honed in on those locations, asking
Tehran to provide "technically credible explanations" for the presence of the
uranium particles at the sites."


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AS THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR ESCALATES, ISRAEL REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS NUCLEAR
PROGRAM

The IAEA has urged Iran to also provide answers about the origin and current
location of that nuclear material in order for it "to be in a position to
provide assurance that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful."

Western officials suspect that the uranium traces discovered by the IAEA could
provide evidence that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program until at least
2003. Tehran insists its program is peaceful.

One of the sites became known publicly in 2018 after Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu revealed it at the United Nations and called it a clandestine
nuclear warehouse hidden at a rug-cleaning plant.

Iran denied that, though IAEA inspectors later found the man-made uranium
particles there.

While the number of sites about which the IAEA has questions has been reduced
from four to two since 2019, lingering questions have been a persistent source
of tensions.

On the subject of Varamin, the IAEA said that inspectors believe Iran used the
site from 1999 until 2003 as a pilot project to process uranium ore and convert
it into a gas form, which then can be enriched through spinning in a centrifuge.
The IAEA said buildings at the site had been demolished in 2004.

Turquzabad, the second location, is where the IAEA believes Iran brought some of
the material from Varamin amid the demolition, though it said that alone cannot
"explain the presence of the multiple types of isotopically altered particles"
found there.


NATIONAL SECURITY


LEAKED DOCUMENTS DESCRIBE POSSIBLE ISRAELI STRIKE ON IRAN

Thursday's resolution before the 35-member board at the IAEA headquarters in
Vienna, called on Tehran to explain the presence of the uranium particles at
Varamin and Turquzabad, inform the U.N. nuclear watchdog about the current
whereabouts of that nuclear material, and grant access to IAEA inspectors to all
Iranian nuclear locations.

A draft of the resolution was seen by the AP.

Tehran continues to maintain that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful
purposes and has told the IAEA that it has declared all of the nuclear material,
activities and locations required under a so-called Safeguard Agreement it has
with the IAEA.

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Iranian officials have vowed to retaliate immediately if a resolution is passed.
In the past, Tehran has responded to IAEA resolutions by stepping up its nuclear
activities.

The resolution also requires IAEA director general Rafael Grossi to provide an
updated assessment of Iran's nuclear program — including the possible presence
of undeclared nuclear material at the two locations — by spring 2025 at the
latest.

The assessment could be a basis for possible further steps by European nations,
diplomats said, leading to potential escalation in tensions between Iran and the
West. It could also provide a basis for European countries to trigger sanctions
against Iran ahead of October 2025, when the original 2015 Iran nuclear deal
expires, the diplomats said.


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