Iran’s response to U.S., Troika moves at IAEA meeting

Pars Today — Iran’s representative to international organizations in Vienna, in response to the submission of a new anti-Iran draft resolution at the IAEA Board of Governors, warned that the unlawful actions of the United States and the three European countries will not change the current status of safeguards implementation in Iran.

Reza Najafi, Iran’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), responded to reporters’ questions regarding the U.S. and three European countries submitting a new draft resolution to the IAEA Board of Governors, saying:

“The United States and the three European countries, continuing their misuse of international mechanisms to impose their unreasonable and bullying views against the Iranian nation, are attempting to enforce in Vienna what they could not achieve in New York by exploiting their numerical majority in the IAEA Board of Governors.”

Najafi emphasized: “Imposing reporting obligations on the IAEA Director General based on expired UN Security Council resolutions is not only completely illegal and unjustified, but in practice will also add to existing complexities and deal another blow to diplomacy.”

Iran’s representative to international organizations in Vienna emphasized that the unlawful actions of the United States and the three European countries will not change the current status of safeguards implementation in Iran, which is the result of the criminal aggression by the U.S. and Israeli regime against Iran and the complicity and acquiescence of the three European countries.

Iran’s senior diplomat, while calling on all member states of the Board of Governors to oppose the destructive unilateralism of the United States and the three European countries regarding Iran’s nuclear issue, emphasized the Islamic Republic of Iran’s right to take appropriate measures in response to any unlawful and unjustified actions by the U.S. and the three European countries.