The United States is pressuring other member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors to support a draft resolution. This resolution aims to compel Iran to provide the agency with information regarding the fate of its
nuclear sites that were subjected to bombing and the enriched uranium stored within them. The American draft resolution warns of increasing complexity in ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran, as the latter expresses its discontent with the issuance of resolutions
against it by the international agency. Observers have seen the text of the draft, which was circulated ahead of this week's quarterly meeting of the 35-nation Board of Governors. Although previous resolutions issued by the agency's board against Iran passed with
comfortable majorities, this particular text is expected to face greater resistance. This context arises from the fact that the United States, alongside Israel, bombed Iran's nuclear sites last June, and since then, the agency has been unable to return to
those locations. The draft stipulates that Iran must "provide the Agency with accurate information regarding the accounts of nuclear material and protected nuclear facilities... and grant the Agency all the necessary authorities to verify this information." The text emphasizes that these
two requirements must be met "without delay," describing them as "essential and urgent." However, the draft resolution did not request a referral of Iran's file to the UN Security Council, despite some diplomats indicating that this option remains under consideration. Such
a step would complement a previous resolution adopted by the Council in June last year, which declared Iran's violation of its non-proliferation commitments. Israel had begun bombing Iranian nuclear sites on June 13 last year.
