Overview

• The proposed text, co-sponsored by the US, UK, France and Germany, would mark the first formal finding of Iran’s safeguards non-compliance in 20 years.
• IAEA inspectors detected uranium particles and evidence of nuclear research at four previously undisclosed locations, including Lavisan-Shian and Turquz-Abad.
• The resolution offers Tehran a final opportunity to resolve outstanding questions on undeclared nuclear material before any referral to the U.N. Security Council.
• A separate IAEA assessment indicates Iran’s stockpile of 60% enriched uranium could fuel up to ten nuclear weapons with further enrichment potential.
• Iran’s leadership denies any weaponization intent and warns that punitive measures could jeopardize future cooperation with the nuclear watchdog.