Overview

• The 35-nation IAEA board approved the resolution in Vienna, marking Tehran’s first formal non-compliance finding in 20 years.
• The board pointed to Iran’s repeated failures since 2019 to provide full and timely cooperation on investigations into undeclared nuclear material.
• Western diplomats contend the uranium traces may indicate a concealed nuclear weapons program active until 2003.
• The resolution was tabled by France, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States in a show of unified Western pressure.
• The non-compliance finding could trigger efforts to restore UN sanctions on Iran later this year if cooperation does not improve.