(Washington) The United States confirmed on Thursday that it is preparing a resolution with the Europeans to urge Iran to “cooperate fully” with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has been dismissed in advance as “unconstructive by Tehran.
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In a recent report, the IAEA denounced the absence of “satisfactory responses” from Iran regarding the presence of nuclear material at three undeclared sites in the country. This file, a cause of concern for several months for the international community, comes on top of the deadlock in the negotiations launched more than a year ago to try to save the agreement supposed to prevent the Islamic Republic from manufacturing the atomic bomb. .
He should therefore invite himself to the Board of Governors of the international organization, which meets next week in Vienna.
The spokesman for American diplomacy Ned Price expressed Thursday the “very serious concerns” of Washington. “Iran has not responded credibly to questions from the IAEA,” he said.
“We can confirm that we intend to join the UK, France and Germany in bringing forward a resolution on the need for Iran to cooperate fully with the IAEA,” he added.
A European source in Vienna had mentioned this Western draft resolution in recent days, prompting an angry reaction from Tehran, which warned against any “unconstructive action” during the Board of Governors.
Since the opening of negotiations in Vienna on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, from which the United States withdrew in 2018 under President Donald Trump but now wants to rejoin, Americans have abstained from any resolution against Iran at the IAEA, so as not to hamper the talks. The presentation of this text may therefore appear as an indicator of the increased risks of failure of diplomatic discussions.