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4 Sept 2026, 17:37

The United States, along with Britain, France, and Germany, is working to have the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) pass a resolution next week that would report Iran's nuclear file to the United Nations Security Council for the first time in 20 years.

Reuters reported on Friday, September 4, citing diplomats and referring to the proposed resolution text, that the four countries are consulting with other members of the 35-member Board of Governors of the IAEA to approve this resolution.

Negotiations on the final text are still ongoing, and the draft has not yet been officially submitted to the Board of Governors. According to a draft seen by Reuters, the Board of Governors will ask the IAEA Director General to send the new resolution and previous resolutions related to Iran's nuclear program to the agency's members, the Security Council, and the UN General Assembly.

The proposed text also reiterates the request for Iran to "immediately" address its violations of its safeguards agreement and to take actions deemed necessary by the IAEA and the Board of Governors so that the Director General can provide the necessary assurance regarding the accuracy and completeness of Iran's nuclear declarations.

The actions of the U.S., Britain, France, and Germany continue the resolution passed by the Board of Governors on June 12, 2025. In that resolution, Iran was recognized as having violated its non-proliferation obligations due to its lack of full cooperation with the IAEA's investigations into uranium traces at undeclared sites.

One day after the passage of that resolution, on June 13, 2025, Israel began attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities, and the United States subsequently joined the operations. According to Reuters, Iran's uranium enrichment facilities were destroyed or severely damaged in these attacks.

Since these attacks, Iran has not allowed IAEA inspectors to return to the bombed facilities or to verify the status of the remaining enriched uranium stocks. Over the past year, the Board of Governors has passed two additional resolutions, calling on the Iranian government to declare its enriched uranium inventory and to provide full access for IAEA inspectors to verify it.

The IAEA has estimated that prior to the attacks on its nuclear facilities, Iran possessed 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent. According to the agency's criteria, with further enrichment, this amount could be sufficient to produce fissile material for about 10 nuclear weapons. The agency has deemed Iran's 60 percent enrichment level as "a serious concern."

Iran claims it does not intend to produce nuclear weapons and considers its nuclear activities to be peaceful. As a member of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Iran has the right to peaceful use of nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment; however, the agency states that Iran is the only government that has enriched uranium to 60 percent without possessing nuclear weapons.

Reuters has reported that in recent years, whenever the U.S., Britain, France, and Germany have presented a draft resolution regarding Iran's nuclear program to the Board of Governors, that resolution has been approved. However, practical action by the Security Council against Iran may face obstacles; Russia and China, which are considered allies of the Iranian government, are permanent members of the Security Council and have veto power.

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Iran's representation at the UN in Vienna stated that the actions of the U.S., Britain, France, and Germany are a sign of the "complete failure of the illusion of the snapback mechanism." This representation added that this action will bring "no benefit" to these countries.
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