News from Israel and Gaza: Orbán wants to invite Netanyahu and ignore the arrest warrant

“This politically motivated and destructive resolution sabotages the beginning of Iran’s constructive cooperation with the IAEA,” the Tehran Foreign Ministry said in a joint press statement with the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization. The resolution is merely a pretext for the Western initiators to advance “their politically illegitimate goals” against Iran. As a first countermeasure, the Iranian nuclear organization will introduce a large collection of new and modern centrifuges.

In its resolution, the IAEA Board of Governors commissioned the head of the authority, Rafael Grossi, to deliver a report on unresolved questions about Iran’s nuclear program by spring. For years, IAEA inspectors have been demanding that Tehran provide conclusive explanations for traces that pointed to secret nuclear facilities and previous activities. If Tehran continues to fail to provide answers, Grossi’s report could serve as a basis for involving the UN Security Council, Western diplomats said.

The Security Council would have the option to impose new sanctions. However, the most powerful UN body has been politically blocked for some time, mainly because the veto states USA, Russia and China are preventing joint resolutions. Russia is receiving support in its war of aggression against Ukraine from China and Iran, which is supporting the Russian army with arms deliveries.