The United States, Britain, France and Germany are seeking a resolution next week to have the U.N. nuclear watchdog report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years. The move follows earlier IAEA criticism of Iran’s non-cooperation over uranium traces at undeclared sites and a standoff over access to bombed facilities. Iran has not allowed inspectors back to the sites or verified its enriched uranium stocks, some of which were enriched to up to 60 percent purity. Security Council action against Tehran is considered unlikely because Russia and China can veto it.
The IAEA logo is displayed in front of the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 5. Reuters-Yonhap
VIENNA/PARIS — The United States, Britain, France and Germany are seeking a resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board next week reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, according to diplomats and the proposed text seen by Reuters.
If passed, the resolution would follow up on one adopted on June 12 of last year declaring Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for not fully cooperating with an investigation into uranium traces found at undeclared sites.
