US, allies push IAEA to report Iran to UN Security Council

The United States, Britain, France and Germany are seeking a resolution next week to have the U.N. nuclear watchdog report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years. The move follows earlier IAEA criticism of Iran’s non-cooperation over uranium traces at undeclared sites and a standoff over access to bombed facilities. Iran has not allowed inspectors back to the sites or verified its enriched uranium stocks, some of which were enriched to up to 60 percent purity. Security Council action against Tehran is considered unlikely because Russia and China can veto it.

The proposed resolution would be taken up by the IAEA’s 35-nation board next week.

The last adopted resolution on June 12 of last year declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations.

The IAEA estimated Iran had 440.9 kg of uranium enriched to 60 percent before its sites were bombed.

The draft says the IAEA director general would transmit the resolution and previous resolutions to UN member states, the Security Council and the General Assembly.

Published Sep 5, 2026 12:45 am KST

The IAEA logo is displayed in front of the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Jun. 5. Reuters-Yonhap

VIENNA/PARIS — The United States, Britain, France and Germany are seeking a resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board next week reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, according to diplomats and the proposed text seen by Reuters.

If passed, the resolution would follow up on one adopted on June 12 of last year declaring Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for not fully cooperating with an investigation into uranium traces found at undeclared sites.

Israel started bombing Iran's nuclear facilities the next day, soon joined by the U.S. Iran's uranium-enrichment plants were destroyed or badly damaged.

Iran has not let International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors return to the bombed sites since then or verify what remains of its stocks of enriched uranium, some of which was enriched to up to 60 percent purity, a short step from weapons grade.

Fresh diplomatic escalation

A resolution by the IAEA's 35-nation board reporting Iran to the Security Council would also be the culmination of a standoff over IAEA access to those sites, since the board has passed two resolutions in the past year demanding Iran declare its enriched uranium stocks and grant the IAEA full access to verify them.

"(The board) requests the (IAEA) Director General to transmit this resolution and the previously adopted resolutions ... to all Members of the Agency and to the Security Council and the General Assembly of the United Nations," said the latest resolution draft seen by Reuters.

It also "reiterates its call upon Iran to urgently remedy its non-compliance with its Safeguards Agreement by taking all steps deemed necessary by the Agency and the Board, so that the Director General can provide the necessary assurances regarding the correctness and completeness of Iran's declarations."

The draft has not yet been formally submitted to the board and negotiations over the exact wording are ongoing, diplomats said. Whenever the four powers have submitted a draft resolution on Iran in recent years, it has passed.

Concrete action by the Security Council against Iran is unlikely since Tehran's allies Russia and China are permanent, veto-wielding members.

IAEA concerns over enrichment

Iran has often retaliated following IAEA board resolutions against it by escalating its nuclear activities or scaling back cooperation with the IAEA, but its options for both are currently extremely limited.

It is unclear what other repercussions there might be on Tehran's conflict with the U.S.

As a party to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran has the right to develop nuclear technology, including enrichment, for peaceful purposes. Iran says it would never produce nuclear weapons.

It is, however, the only country to enrich to 60 percent without making a bomb. The IAEA has said the amount it has enriched to that level is of serious concern.

The IAEA estimates Iran had 440.9 kg of uranium enriched to that level before its sites were bombed. That is enough, if enriched further, for 10 nuclear weapons, according to an IAEA yardstick.

美国、英国、法国和德国正寻求下周通过一项决议，要求联合国核监督机构向联合国安理会提交伊朗核问题报告，这将是20年来首次提交此类报告。此前，国际原子能机构曾批评伊朗在未申报地点发现铀痕迹的问题上不予合作，并在进入被炸毁的设施方面与核查人员陷入僵局。伊朗一直拒绝核查人员重返这些地点，也未核实其浓缩铀库存，其中一些浓缩铀的纯度高达60%。由于俄罗斯和中国可以否决安理会的决议，因此安理会不太可能对德黑兰采取行动。

该决议草案将于下周由国际原子能机构35个成员国组成的理事会进行审议。

去年6月12日通过的最后一项决议宣布伊朗违反了其不扩散义务。

国际原子能机构估计，伊朗在被轰炸之前拥有 440.9 公斤 60% 浓缩铀。

草案称，国际原子能机构总干事将把该决议及之前的决议提交给联合国成员国、安全理事会和大会。

发布于2026年9月5日凌晨12:45（韩国标准时间）

6月5日，国际原子能机构的标志展示在位于奥地利维也纳的该机构总部大楼前。（路透社-韩联社）

维也纳/巴黎——据外交官透露，路透社看到的提案文本显示，美国、英国、法国和德国正寻求联合国核监督机构理事会下周通过一项决议，将伊朗问题提交联合国安理会，这将是20年来首次向安理会报告伊朗。

如果获得通过，该决议将延续去年 6 月 12 日通过的一项决议，该决议宣布伊朗违反了其不扩散义务，因为它没有充分配合对在未申报地点发现的铀痕迹的调查。

以色列第二天就开始轰炸伊朗的核设施，美国很快也加入了轰炸。伊朗的铀浓缩工厂被摧毁或严重损坏。

此后，伊朗一直不允许国际原子能机构的核查人员重返被炸毁的地点，也不允许核实其浓缩铀库存的剩余情况。其中一些浓缩铀的纯度高达 60%，距离武器级仅一步之遥。

新一轮外交升级

国际原子能机构35个成员国组成的理事会通过决议，将伊朗的情况报告给安全理事会，这也标志着围绕国际原子能机构进入这些场所的僵局达到了顶峰。因为该理事会在过去一年中通过了两项决议，要求伊朗申报其浓缩铀库存，并允许国际原子能机构全面进入这些场所进行核查。

路透社看到的最新决议草案称：“（理事会）要求（国际原子能机构）总干事将本决议及先前通过的决议……送交该机构所有成员、安全理事会和联合国大会。”

报告还“重申呼吁伊朗紧急纠正其违反保障监督协定的行为，采取机构和理事会认为必要的一切措施，以便总干事能够就伊朗声明的正确性和完整性提供必要的保证。”

外交官们表示，草案尚未正式提交安理会，具体措辞仍在商讨中。近年来，四大强国每次提交关于伊朗问题的决议草案，均获得通过。

由于德黑兰的盟友俄罗斯和中国是安理会常任理事国，拥有否决权，因此安理会不太可能对伊朗采取具体行动。

国际原子能机构对浓缩铀的担忧

伊朗经常在国际原子能机构理事会通过针对它的决议后进行报复，例如加大核活动力度或减少与国际原子能机构的合作，但目前它在这两方面的选择都非常有限。

目前尚不清楚德黑兰与美国的冲突还会产生哪些其他影响。

作为《不扩散核武器条约》（NPT）的缔约国，伊朗有权为和平目的发展核技术，包括铀浓缩。伊朗表示，它永远不会制造核武器。

然而，它是唯一一个将铀浓缩至60%但未制造出核弹的国家。国际原子能机构表示，该国浓缩至这一浓度的铀量令人严重关切。

国际原子能机构估计，伊朗在核设施遭到轰炸前拥有440.9公斤浓缩至该浓度的铀。根据国际原子能机构的标准，如果进一步浓缩，这些铀足以制造10枚核武器。