Iran condemns UN watchdog vote

IRAN yesterday condemned a UN nuclear watchdog resolution requiring that Tehran be reported to the Security Council, but stopped short of announcing the retaliatory measures expected by many diplomats.

Speaking to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) annual gathering of its 138 members, Iranian Vice-President Gholamreza Aghazadeh did not say Iran would resume uranium enrichment, which can be used to produce fuel for weapons.

“This resolution is based on an invalid legal precept, an unjustified technical ground and a misguided political forecast,” Mr Aghazadeh told the IAEA’s General Conference.