Published On 10/6/2026
The agency’s Board of Governors approved The International Atomic Energy Agency – today, Wednesday, adopted a resolution supported by the United States demanding that Iran declare its remaining stocks of enriched uranium and allow inspectors to verify them, which may complicate Washington’s talks with Tehran.
The resolution states that Iran must “provide the agency with full information about its stockpiles of nuclear materials” and give it the access it needs to verify this “without delay.”
Diplomats who attended the closed meeting said that the text of the resolution was presented by the United States, Britain, France and Germany, and it was approved by a majority of 21 votes, three votes against, and 10 abstentions in the Council, whose membership includes 35 countries.
The diplomats added that the opposing countries are Russia, China and Niger, noting that Venezuela was not allowed to participate.
The United States led the campaign for the resolution, but Iran described it as a “justification for military aggression”, as inspectors had free access before the attacks.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on the “X” platform before the Board of Governors’ vote, “The attacks of the Israeli regime and the United States on Iranian nuclear facilities led to the cessation of verification activities and forced IAEA inspectors to leave Iran for security reasons.”
Gharibabadi added, “Now, America is seeking to turn the consequences of its illegal attack into a case against the Islamic Republic of Iran.” The Iranian mission to the agency advised the Board of Governors to be “cautious about the future path.”
Iran resents the decisions issued against it, and responded to previous decisions by escalating its nuclear activities or reducing its cooperation with the agency.
Raids and destruction
The Israeli and American attacks in June last year destroyed or severely damaged Iranian uranium enrichment facilities, according to the American account, but it is believed – according to Western sources – that most of the enriched uranium produced by these facilities, including materials close to the grade suitable for use in weapons, was not damaged.
But Iran has not yet informed the agency of the fate of those materials, and has not allowed agency inspectors to return to the sites that were bombed, to verify this.
The United States and Iran are holding talks aimed at extending their ceasefire and paving the way for broader negotiations on issues including the Iranian nuclear program.
Trump expressed more than once his frustration with the negotiations after repeating for months that the two sides were close to reaching an initial agreement.
Trump said in a post on social media today, “Iran is good at nothing but words, but no actions… They took too long to negotiate an agreement that would have been in their interest, and now they will have to pay the price.”
One of Trump’s main goals is to eliminate Iranian enriched uranium, especially 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched to a purity of up to 60%, which the agency estimates Iran possessed until the first Israeli raids on June 13 last year, which is close to the 90% percentage that allows the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
Agency standards indicate that this quantity is sufficient, if subjected to further enrichment, to manufacture 10 nuclear weapons.
