Brussels. June 7. INTERFAX - Russia's representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, on Tuesday criticized the draft resolution on Iran, which will be considered this week at the IAEA Board of Governors.
"Western participants in the Vienna JCPOA negotiations have submitted a draft resolution on Iran for adoption at the current session of the IAEA Board of Governors. For unclear reasons, they believe that the resolution is the best way to resolve outstanding issues on guarantees. Very doubtful," Ulyanov wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, Ulyanov said that Moscow would not support the IAEA resolution on Iran if it was considered this week.
Western media note that the resolution was presented by the United States, Great Britain, Germany and France. In it, Iran is criticized for not providing technically reliable explanations regarding the agency's conclusions about undeclared Iranian facilities.
In 2015, Iran and the six countries - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany - concluded the JCPOA, an agreement according to which Tehran should limit the development of its nuclear program exclusively for peaceful purposes. Special parameters were agreed upon, including the level of uranium enrichment, access to Iranian nuclear facilities by IAEA inspectors in exchange for a step-by-step lifting of sanctions. Former US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018 and resumed anti-Iranian sanctions, which prompted Tehran to gradually abandon compliance with some of the terms of the deal.
