Iran Censured by IAEA for Failing to Cooperate With Monitors
- First such rebuke at the atomic energy agency under Biden
- Thirty of 35 members of agency’s board voted for censure
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Iran was censured Wednesday for its failure to cooperate with international nuclear investigators in a diplomatic motion that could escalate the Persian Gulf nation’s conflict with western nations.
The resolution offered at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna by the US and its European allies demands that Iran clarify the source of uranium particles detected at several undeclared locations. It’s the first censure leveled against Iran under the Biden administration and comes as prospects dim for a return to the 2015 nuclear agreement that reined in the Islamic Republic’s nuclear work in exchange for sanctions relief.