Iranian Regime Censured Over Insufficient Cooperation With IAEA Nuclear Probe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : In a resolution drafted on Thursday by the United States, Britain, France and Germany, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it was "essential and urgent" that Iran explain the origin of the uranium particles found at three undeclared sites and more generally give the agency all the answers it requires.
51% :"Iran must now provide the necessary cooperation, no more empty promises," the United States said in its statement to the board shortly before the resolution was adopted with 26 votes in favour, five abstentions and two countries absent, according to diplomats in the meeting.
48% : In June, Iran removed IAEA monitoring equipment including surveillance cameras installed under its 2015 deal with world powers to curb its disputed uranium enrichment programme.
43% : While it was not the first resolution the board has passed against Iran on the issue -- another was adopted in June -- its wording was stronger and hinted at a future diplomatic escalation.
43% : Iran's envoy to the IAEA, Mohsen Naziri, said, "The political goals of the founders of this anti-Iranian resolution will not be realized but it could impact the constructive relations between Tehran and the Agency," according to Iran's state media.
40% :"Iran has not done and will not do anything that the agency is not aware of," Mohammad Eslami, chief of Iran's atomic energy organisation was quoted as saying by the semi-official ILNA news agency.
39% : If Iran fails to cooperate, the board is prepared to take further action, said the statement, including under Article XII.C of the Agency's Statute which lays out options referring Iran to the U.N. Security Council for not complying with its nuclear obligations.
34% :Iran tends to bristle at such resolutions and it remained to be seen what action it would take.

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