Iran censures UN Security Council double standard on nuclear inspections
Iran’s representative to the United Nations has censured Western members of the UN Security Council for their silence over US-Israeli aggression against Iran, questioning their focus on the absence of nuclear inspectors in Iran while Israel remains outside the International Atomic Energy Agency’s safeguards system.
He made the remarks while addressing a UNSC meeting on Tuesday that was pushed by Western states after the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted to refer Tehran’s nuclear dossier to the council.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
At the same meeting, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said inspectors left Iran in June 2025 for safety reasons after military attacks. He also said Iran has not given the access needed to verify previously declared nuclear material, including 440kg of highly enriched uranium. The article presents the Western focus on inspections only through Darzi's charge of double standards. Without Grossi's account, a reader believes the inspection issue has no basis beyond hypocrisy.
How we know
- Anadolu Agency (English) reported“One area of particular concern is Iran’s previously declared nuclear material, which includes 440kg of High Enriched Uranium”UN nuclear watchdog chief urges Iran to grant IAEA access to verify nuclear material (opens in a new tab)
- Anadolu Agency (English) reported“the agency had to withdraw all its inspectors from Iran by the end of June 2025 for safety reasons after military attacks began”UN nuclear watchdog chief urges Iran to grant IAEA access to verify nuclear material (opens in a new tab)
Gholamhossein Darzi said Israel was estimated to possess around 200 nuclear warheads while remaining outside the IAEA safeguards regime.
Darzi also pointed to Israel’s secret programs to develop various weapons of mass destruction and its non-membership in disarmament conventions, questioning certain Western Security Council members for fixating on inspections in Iran.
Addressing the UN Security Council, Iran’s representative Gholamhossein Darzi criticized the Security Council’s failure to respond to US-Israeli aggression against Iran, arguing that military operations against Iran had undermined diplomatic efforts. pic.twitter.com/4j6DGu6RKU
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The Iranian diplomat also condemned the Council’s response to attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities and related infrastructure, warning that repeated strikes near the operational Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant “create a grave risk of radiation release with potentially devastating consequences.”
“What then has been the Security Council’s response to these grave violations? It has been silence,” he said.
“Silence in the face of aggression. Silence in the face of threats of mass destruction. Silence in the face of threats against civilian infrastructure. And silence in the face of attacks on peaceful nuclear facilities.”
Darzi said those responsible for the attacks should be held accountable rather than shielded by political considerations. He slammed Western Security Council members for directing allegations at Iran instead of addressing the actions of the United States and Israel.
Darzi also questioned the legal basis for convening the meeting, saying UN Security Council Resolution 2231 expired on October 18, 2025, terminating the Council’s consideration of Iran’s nuclear issue under the resolution.
He said the resolution had ceased to have legal effect or an operative mandate from that date. “There is therefore no basis whatsoever for convening this meeting under the agenda item, non-proliferation,” Darzi said.
Left out here: Gives a contested claim the last word
Darzi's claim that there was no legal basis for the meeting stands alone. The article does not say the Council voted 11 to 2, with two abstentions, to adopt the agenda. A reader may believe the meeting proceeded without the Council's agreement.
How we know
- Anadolu Agency (English) reported“The UN Security Council began the session by voting to adopt the agenda, with 11 votes in favor, two against from Russia and China, and two abstentions from Pakistan and Somalia.”UN nuclear watchdog chief urges Iran to grant IAEA access to verify nuclear material (opens in a new tab)
He criticized the Security Council for its failure to respond to attacks against Iran, saying the aggression by the United States and Israel, both possessors of nuclear weapons, had been met with “appalling indifference and inexcusable inaction.”
“The principal aggressor is itself a permanent member of this Council,” he said, slamming Washington for betraying diplomacy by resorting to military aggression against Iran twice amid diplomatic negotiations.
The United States and Israel waged their first criminal war against Iran, which lasted 12 days, in June 2025. Their second aggression began on February 28, 2026, and came to a temporary halt in early April after 40 days.
In both wars, Iran’s resistance and decisive retaliatory operations forced the aggressors to accept a ceasefire.
Iran has also maintained a tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz since the early days of the second imposed war.
In July, the United States conducted waves of deadly air raids on Iran and imposed a naval blockade of the country in violation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Islamic Republic, signed on June 17, to end the war.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces launched devastating strikes against strategic American targets across West Asia and declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all traffic.
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