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US pushes IAEA Iran draft
The United States circulated a draft resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors demanding that Iran hand over detailed information about its nuclear sites and enriched uranium stockpiles, while keeping the move inside the IAEA’s diplomatic framework rather than referring it to the UN Security Council.
The draft, circulated between June 5 and 7, calls on Iran to provide precise accounting of its nuclear materials and grant access to its safeguarded facilities, describing the requests as “urgent and essential.”
US officials under the Trump administration flagged approximately 440.9 kg of uranium enriched up to 60% as a significant point of concern, and the IAEA has reported increasing difficulty in tracking where that uranium is now.
The diplomatic backdrop for the pressure campaign includes the IAEA’s struggle to verify where Iran’s nuclear material ended up after strikes on Iranian facilities in 2025, and the draft’s fate depends on support within the 35-member Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria.
Rafael Grossi, the IAEA Director General, renewed his call for Iran to resume cooperation, telling the board that “It’s very important that we re-engage” so inspections can resume at sites the United States and Israel bombed last year.
Tehran rejects coercion
Iran’s mission to the IAEA said the Board must not be used as a tool to relieve those who carried out the attacks of their responsibilities, warning that “Responsibility for an internationally wrongful act rests with the perpetrator and cannot be transferred to the victim.”
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, accused the United States of weaponizing the IAEA against Tehran and said the push by Washington and three European powers was designed to shield those responsible for attacks on Iranian nuclear sites from accountability.
Gharibabadi argued that monitoring activities were halted because of strikes carried out by the United States and Israel, and he said it was deeply contradictory for the same parties to invoke the IAEA as an instrument of pressure against Iran.
The Euronews report said the communication channel was cut off, with Grossi telling the board that he had “intermittent contacts with the foreign minister and others, but the main communication channel is cut off.”
The draft resolution being pushed for a vote later this week orders Iran to provide “complete information” on enriched uranium and grant the IAEA all access it needs to verify it “without delay,” according to Reuters as cited by mediaselangor.
What’s at stake next
The stakes described in the sources center on the IAEA’s ability to maintain continuity of knowledge and verify previously declared nuclear material after the strikes, with Reuters reporting that the agency has been unable to return to the sites and that Iran has not shared updated data on the status of its stockpiles.
“US draft resolution at IAEA demands Iran disclose nuclear sites and uranium stocks The resolution stops short of a UN Security Council referral, but ratchets up pressure on Tehran during a delicate window of bilateral talks”
A confidential report reviewed by Reuters warned that “The issue of the Agency losing continuity of knowledge regarding all previously declared nuclear material at the affected facilities in Iran needs to be addressed with extreme urgency,” referring to sites affected by US and Israeli bombardments.
The Harici report said the US draft does not yet include a referral to the UN Security Council, and diplomats told Reuters that the option of referring the matter remains under evaluation.
Iran’s response, as described by the sources, is that coercion and confrontation do not lead to cooperation, with Tehran warning that the Board should handle the coming phase with caution because “Coercion and confrontation do not lead to cooperation. It undermines prospects of a diplomatic solution.”
The WANA News Agency reported that the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran distributed a “non-paper” to members of the Board of Governors ahead of the expected vote, and it said Iran condemned the draft resolution as “political and provocative.”
