Iran referred to UN Security Council for nuclear non-compliance

Image source, Vantor via Getty ImagesImage caption, A Vantor satellite image shows tunnel construction activity and road infrastructure near the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran.

Irã alerta sobre “resposta mais rápida, mais pesada e mais dolorosa” a ataques dos EUAPublicado há 3 dias.

The UN nuclear watchdog has referred Iran to the Security Council for "non-compliance" with its obligations under the non-proliferation treaty - the first such move in 20 years.

The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution at a meeting in Vienna.

Ele cita a falta de informações sobre o material nuclear do Irã, como seu estoque de urânio altamente enriquecido, e a falta de acesso a instalações nucleares para os inspetores da IAEA.

Tehran condemned the IAEA decision, blaming US and Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities for disrupting inspections.

New sanctions are nonetheless unlikely because Iran's allies China and Russia have veto powers in the council.

The IAEA resolution - tabled by the UK, France, Germany and the US - was backed by 23 countries, with eight abstentions. China, Russia and Niger voted against.

O documento, solicita externamente ao chefe da IAEA, Rafael Grossi, que informe o Irã ao Conselho de Segurança.

O Irã havia repetidamente advertido a IAEA contra a aprovação de tal resolução.

They attack Iran's safeguarded nuclear facilities, disrupt the normal process of verification, and then use that very disruption as a pretext to issue a resolution," Iranian deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi wrote in a post on X.

A IAEA não teve acesso às instalações nucleares do Irã desde que Israel e os EUA realizaram uma série de ataques nesses locais durante um conflito de 12 dias em junho de 2025.

The sites were targeted again in the latest war, launched by Israel and the US on 28 February.

Iran says the attacks on its facilities, including uranium enrichment plants in Natanz and Fordo, are the reason it does not let IAEA inspectors visit these sites.

Teerã também quer que esse acesso faça parte de um acordo mais amplo com os EUA e Israel para acabar com a guerra.

Iran has repeatedly stated that its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful purposes.

The US, Israel and a number of European countries have questioned this claim, amid concerns that Tehran is trying to build a nuclear weapon.

At the start of the latest US-Israel war against Iran, Tehran had roughly 440kg (970lb) of 60% enriched uranium, according to senior US officials.

O material pode ser enriquecido relativamente rápido até a marca de 90% necessária para urânio de grau armamentista.

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