Iran to continue its path despite potential IAEA resolution

Mohammad Eslami,the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), highlighted that the recent attacks on Iranian nuclear sites were unprecedented, as they targeted facilities under IAEA safeguards, a first in history. “This represents a clear violation of international law,” Eslami said, noting that neither the IAEA Director General nor the Board of Governors condemned the strikes, reflecting a failure to uphold international norms.

Eslami criticized what he called the continuation of coercive practices and pressure, emphasizing that the language and approach used against Iran remain consistent with past patterns of double standards.

He affirmed that Iran’s course has been transparent from the beginning and that the country will continue its activities despite external pressures. “We will continue on our [chosen] path,” Eslami said, underscoring the importance of ending double standards in international oversight and diplomacy.

"Our policy in working with the Agency is that the ten-year term of Resolution 2231 has now expired in October 2025. Iran has fulfilled all its obligations. The Agency should only monitor our program within the framework of safeguards," he stressed.

On Saturday, Iran’s Permanent Mission in Vienna warned that passing an anti-Iran resolution at next week’s IAEA Board of Governors meeting would be a “major mistake” and a new attempt by Western states to politicize the agency.

"The United States and the E3 intend to table a resolution against Iran at next week’s meeting of the IAEA BoG. This action, another major mistake after so-called snapback, constitutes yet a new deliberate attempt to politicize the Board," Iran’s Permanent Mission in Vienna wrote on X.

"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," it warned.

 France, Britain, and Germany are preparing a new resolution against Iran to be submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors next week, sources have told local Iranian media.

The IAEA Board of Governors will convene its regular November meeting at the Agency's headquarters starting on Wednesday in Vienna.

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