Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami speaks during the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on Sept 26, 2022. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
TEHRAN – The Iranian nuclear chief vowed on Sunday that Iran will give a "firm response" towards the adoption of an anti-Tehran resolution by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), according to the official news agency IRNA.
On Thursday, IAEA's Board of Governors passed the resolution proposed by the United States, Britain, France and Germany that called on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA's investigators regarding the alleged "traces of uranium" at a number of its "undeclared" sites
Mohammad Eslami, the president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said on the sidelines of a commemoration ceremony that Tehran had previously said the resolution's adoption would obviously be an "unconstructive" move to maintain the "maximum pressure" on the country and would not be of any contribution to the resolution of the existing issues.
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He said it appears as if the United States and the E3 group of France, Britain and Germany are wont to use different methods of pressure, including issuing resolutions and imposing sanctions.
Eslami emphasized that Iran's nuclear program and plans are moving ahead according to a law passed in 2020 by the Iranian Parliament to counter the US sanctions and safeguard people's interests within the framework of a 2015 nuclear deal, noting that issuance of diverse resolutions will fail to cause any disruption in their implementation.
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On Thursday, IAEA's Board of Governors passed the resolution proposed by the United States, Britain, France and Germany that called on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA's investigators regarding the alleged "traces of uranium" at a number of its "undeclared" sites. Iran has rejected the allegations.