A senior Russian diplomat warns the United States and the European troika — France, Germany, and Britain–– that a draft resolution against Iran will not yield positive results.
Russia’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov issued the warning in a post on his X account on Sunday ahead of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors’ regular June meeting on Monday.
Ulyanov said Russia expects that the Monday session of the IAEA Board of Governors will include a tense discussion on Iran’s nuclear program.
“The #US and #E3 plan to table a draft resolution in this regard. For sure, it will not bring positive results,” the Russian diplomat wrote.
The Europeans reportedly plan to submit a draft resolution to the IAEA Board of Governors at the meeting, creating a window to trigger the snapback of all UN sanctions on Tehran under a previous 2015 nuclear deal before the mechanism expires in October.
An IAEA resolution could further complicate nuclear talks between Iran and the United States. Tehran has already pledged to take decisive countermeasures should the snapback mechanism be activated.
In a post on his X account on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Britain, France, and Germany over their “malign action” of drafting a resolution, calling it a “strategic mistake.”
“After years of good cooperation with the IAEA — resulting in a resolution which shut down malign claims of a ‘possible military dimension’ (PMD) to Iran’s peaceful nuclear program — my country is once again accused of ‘non-compliance’,” Araghchi wrote.
In its latest report, the IAEA claimed that Iran has sharply increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to up to 60 percent, close to the roughly 90 percent level needed for atomic weapons.
In its quarterly report, the agency said that as of May 17, Iran possesses an estimated 408.6 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60 percent, marking an increase of 133.8 kilograms since the previous report in February.
Iran has denounced as “political” and unbalanced the report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, which it said has been drafted under European pressure.
