IAEA to report Iran to UN Security Council: diplomat
Posted on: Saturday, 4 February 2006, 06:07 CST
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors voted on Saturday to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council over concerns Tehran is secretly seeking atomic weapons, a diplomat said.
The diplomat said a European Union-sponsored resolution aimed at increasing pressure on Iran to improve its cooperation with an International Atomic Energy Agency probe of its nuclear program was passed by the 35-nation IAEA board.
Twenty-seven members voted in favor of the motion, five abstained and three voted against, a diplomat said.
The resolution also says Iran must reinstate a freeze of activities related to small-scale enrichment of uranium. Iran has so far disregarded calls for it to do so, pressing ahead with uranium-processing and preparing for enrichment.
That process can make fuel for power plants or atomic bombs.
Iran has threatened to respond to the move -- initiated by the United States, EU powers, Russia and China -- by curbing U.N. inspections of its nuclear facilities and scrapping talks on a Russian compromise proposal.
Source: REUTERS
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