IAEA warns over Iran nuclear access as Western powers push UN referral

UN nuclear watchdog urges Iran to cooperate, as Western powers push to refer its nuclear file to the Security Council.

Al JazeeraAl Jazeera Staff2026-09-08 01:50查看原文 ↗

Baghaei warns that Iran will take ‘necessary measures’ if the Western powers pursue the resolution.

A flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, June 23, 2025 [Michael Gruber/AP Photo]

France, Germany, the UK and the US are pressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to report Iran to the UN Security Council, as the nuclear watchdog warns that it remains unable to verify Tehran’s nuclear material more than a year after losing access to key facilities.

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told the agency’s Board of Governors on Monday that Tehran had provided no information during the latest reporting period on the status of its declared nuclear material or facilities, and inspectors had been unable to conduct on-site verification.

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“It is more than a year since the Agency lost continuity of knowledge” over previously declared stocks of uranium enriched to as much as 60 percent at facilities hit in US and Israeli attacks in June 2025, Grossi said.

Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi addresses a news conference at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on June 8, 2026 [Joe Klamar/AFP]

He described the lack of information and access as a proliferation concern that “needs to be rectified with the utmost urgency”, calling on Iran to restore effective cooperation with the IAEA.

The nuclear watchdog’s warning comes as the four Western powers seek support for a draft resolution at the 35-member board that would send the Iran issue back to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the first time in two decades, according to Reuters.

The proposed text asks Grossi to transmit the resolution, previous board decisions and his latest report to the UNSC and General Assembly. It also calls on Iran to provide the information and access required by inspectors.

Iran has rejected the move and maintains that its nuclear programme is peaceful.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Western governments were again turning to the IAEA after failing to achieve their objectives elsewhere.

“Whenever they run out of options, they turn to the agency and Grossi,” Baghaei said at his weekly news conference on Monday.

He argued that restrictions facing inspectors were a consequence of US and Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities and that it was unreasonable for those governments to blame Tehran for the resulting loss of access.

Baghaei warned that Iran would take “necessary measures” if the Western powers pursued the resolution.

The draft has not yet been formally submitted to the board, and negotiations over its wording are continuing. Even if it is approved, any concrete action at the Security Council could face opposition from Russia and China, two of the five permanent veto powers.

巴盖伊警告说，如果西方国家执意推进该决议，伊朗将采取“必要措施”。

2025年6月23日，一面旗帜在奥地利维也纳国际原子能机构（IAEA）大楼前飘扬。[Michael Gruber/AP Photo]

法国、德国、英国和美国正在向国际原子能机构（IAEA）施压，要求其向联合国安理会报告伊朗的情况。此前，该核监督机构警告称，在失去对关键设施的访问权限一年多后，它仍然无法核实德黑兰的核材料。

国际原子能机构总干事拉斐尔·格罗西周一向该机构理事会表示，在最近的报告期内，德黑兰没有提供有关其申报的核材料或设施状况的任何信息，核查人员也无法进行现场核查。

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2026年6月8日，国际原子能机构（IAEA）总干事拉斐尔·格罗西在奥地利维也纳的国际原子能机构总部举行新闻发布会。[乔·克拉马尔/法新社]

他将信息和渠道的缺乏描述为扩散问题，并表示“需要以最紧迫的方式予以纠正”，呼吁伊朗恢复与国际原子能机构的有效合作。

据路透社报道，在四个西方大国寻求35个成员国组成的安理会支持一项决议草案之际，核监督机构发出了警告。该决议草案将把伊朗问题重新提交联合国安理会，这将是20年来首次。