Russia slams IAEA board’s ‘disgraceful’ resolution against Iran
A senior Russian diplomat has censured Western member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s Board of Governors for taking an “irresponsible” approach toward Iran and adopting a “disgraceful” resolution against the country.
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, made the remarks at a news briefing on Thursday, two weeks after the 35-member Board approved a resolution requesting IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi to report Iran to the Security Council for alleged breaching of non-proliferation obligations.
Put forward by the United States, Britain, France and Germany, the resolution came three months after the Board passed a US-backed resolution demanding Iran report its enriched uranium stocks and let inspectors verify them.
Ulyanov said the Board had already adopted an anti-Iran resolution in June, but returned to the issue a few months later, despite the rule which bans raising a matter within a certain time frame once a decision has already been made.
"This simply demonstrates the irresponsible way our former partners - now opponents - are acting. They are showing complete ineptitude, as is the Board of Governors along with them," he added. "It is an utterly disgraceful resolution."
He also noted that although the situation regarding Iran requires a serious approach, Western countries are “unable to handle it themselves, and they won't let others do so either."
The US and the Israeli regime waged their first unlawful military assault against Iran, which lasted 12 days, in June 2025. Their second invasion began in late February and came to a halt in early April after 40 days.
In both wars, the aggressors targeted Iran’s civilian infrastructure, including nuclear installations, in flagrant violation of international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). However, Iran's brave resistance and successful retaliatory operations forced the enemies to accept a ceasefire.
Following the first US-Israeli war of aggression, the Iranian Parliament in June 2025, unanimously passed the legislation requiring the government to suspend all cooperation with the IAEA.
Under the law, IAEA inspectors will not be permitted to enter Iran unless the security of the Iranian nuclear facilities and that of peaceful nuclear activities is guaranteed, which is subject to the approval of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).
The rationale for the move was the IAEA’s politically motivated resolution, which paved the way for the aggression against the Islamic Republic, and the UN nuclear watchdog's failure to condemn the terrorist assault.
Iran, as a signatory to the NPT, maintains that its nuclear program is exclusively peaceful and that there has been no diversion of nuclear material after more than two decades of inspections.
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