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Iran on Tuesday rejected a U.S.-drafted resolution demanding information and access related to its nuclear facilities, calling the proposal unnecessary and provocative and accusing Washington of seeking to justify further military action.
The United States is lobbying members of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors to support the resolution, according to a draft text seen by Reuters.
The proposal calls on Iran to explain what happened to nuclear facilities struck by Israeli bombs and account for enriched uranium stored at those locations.
Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna said it was “ridiculous” for the U.S., which it described as the aggressor, to submit a resolution concerning Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities.
The mission accused Washington of expressing concern over problems created by its own actions.
The Iranian mission said military attacks had made it materially, logically and legally impossible to implement safeguards at what it described as “obliterated facilities.”
It rejected claims of Iranian non-cooperation and said the exceptional conditions created by attacks and continuing threats had not ended.
“They are shedding crocodile tears for the problems created by themselves,” the mission said in a post on X.
Iran said U.S. President Donald Trump had publicly threatened to attack Iranian nuclear sites again on June 7, the same day the draft resolution was informally circulated in Vienna.
The Iranian mission accused the U.S. of seeking the resolution’s adoption partly to verify the scale of destruction caused by attacks it blamed on Washington.
It described the move as part of a pattern intended to justify another attack, referring to military action in June and November 2025.
The U.S.-drafted resolution was circulated before the IAEA Board of Governors’ quarterly meeting this week.
The 35-member board is expected to consider the proposal.
The draft says Iran must provide the agency with “precise information on nuclear material accountancy and safeguarded nuclear facilities.”
It also demands that Tehran grant inspectors “all access it requires to verify this information.”
The resolution describes both measures as “essential and urgent” and says Iran should comply “without delay.”
Iran said the proposed resolution ignored the conditions created by attacks on its nuclear facilities and the continuing threat of further military action.
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