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Anti-Iran resolution at IAEA Board of Governors will not alter safeguards status: Envoy

Iran Press TV

Saturday, 15 November 2025 11:02 AM

Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says the anti-Iranian resolution at the IAEA Board of Governors will not change the country's status of safeguards implementation.

Reza Najafi made the remarks on Saturday, ahead of the upcoming Board of Governors (BoG) meeting, which is set to take place from November 19 to 21 at the agency's headquarters in Vienna.

The US, together with Britain, France, and Germany — collectively referred to as the E3 — are preparing to introduce a resolution against Iran over its cooperation with the IAEA at the forthcoming event.

Najafi argued that Washington and the E3 are once again trying to manipulate international mechanisms in order to impose their unreasonable and coercive positions on the Iranian nation.

Forcing IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi to base reports on expired UN Security Council resolutions is not only completely unlawful and unjustified but will also, in practice, increase existing complexities and deal another setback to diplomacy, the Iranian envoy said.

He noted that the push by the US and the E3 is unlikely to change the existing state of safeguards implementation in Iran, which has been affected by the 12-day US-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic in June.

Najafi urged all BoG member states to stand against the harmful unilateral measures taken by the US and its European allies.

The Iranian envoy also underscored Iran's right to take necessary actions in retaliation to any unlawful or unwarranted measures.

On June 25, merely a day after Iran's retaliatory strikes concluded the 12-day US-Israeli assault, the parliament decisively voted in favor of suspending all cooperation with the IAEA.

Legislators contended that the decision was driven by concerns that agency resolutions, especially the Board of Governors' June 12 directive, had set the stage for the Israeli attacks.

Despite the resumption of discussions with the IAEA in September, Tehran warned that the decision by Britain, France, and Germany to activate the UN snapback mechanism after the Cairo agreement had imposed "new conditions," effectively rendering the framework null and void.

The agency, however, has refrained from criticizing the E3's decision and has instead maintained its focus on urging Iran to fulfill its safeguards obligations in all situations.