Iran warns against Western attempts to ‘politicize’ IAEA Board of Governors

TEHRAN (Iran News) The mission made the remark in a post on X late on Friday, ahead of the Board of Governors (BoG) meeting scheduled for November 19–21.

“The United States and the E3 intend to table a resolution against Iran at next week’s meeting of the IAEA BoG,” the Iranian mission said in its post. The E3 refers to Britain, France, and Germany, all of which were parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which expired on October 18 this year.

The mission said the decision by the US and the E3 to table the anti-Iran resolution is “another major mistake after so-called snapback,” and “constitutes yet a new deliberate attempt to politicize the Board.”

“These confrontational tactics are misguided and will yield no advantage whatsoever to them. Should this draft resolution be adopted, it will unavoidably and adversely affect the positive course of cooperation between Iran and the IAEA,” the Iranian mission warned.

In late August this year, the E3 triggered the snapback process, which ultimately restored UN Security Council resolutions previously lifted under the JCPOA.

The trio alleged that Iran had been non-compliant with the JCPOA. Iran rejected the allegation and said the snapback of sanctions had no legal basis because it had fulfilled its commitments under the JCPOA.

The mission said the decision by the US and the E3 to table the anti-Iran resolution is “another major mistake after so-called snapback,” and “constitutes yet a new deliberate attempt to politicize the Board.”

“These confrontational tactics are misguided and will yield no advantage whatsoever to them. Should this draft resolution be adopted, it will unavoidably and adversely affect the positive course of cooperation between Iran and the IAEA,” the Iranian mission warned.

In late August this year, the E3 triggered the snapback process, which ultimately restored UN Security Council resolutions previously lifted under the JCPOA.