Iran referred to UN Security Council for nuclear non-compliance
Tehran condemns the resolution, blaming US and Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities for disrupting inspections.
Iran sent to UN Security Council over nuclear non-compliance
The UN nuclear watchdog has referred Iran to the Security Council for "non-compliance" with its obligations under the non-proliferation treaty - the first such move in 20 years.
The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution at a meeting in Vienna.
It points to a shortage of information about Iran's nuclear material, including its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, as well as limited access for IAEA inspectors to nuclear facilities.
Tehran denounced the IAEA decision, saying US and Israeli strikes on its nuclear sites had interfered with inspections.
Even so, new sanctions are considered unlikely because Iran's allies China and Russia hold veto power in the council.
The IAEA resolution - introduced by the UK, France, Germany and the US - was supported by 23 countries, while eight abstained. China, Russia and Niger voted against it.
Iran had repeatedly cautioned the IAEA not to adopt such a resolution.
"They attack Iran's safeguarded nuclear facilities, disrupt the normal process of verification, and then use that very disruption as a pretext to issue a resolution," Iranian deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi wrote in a post on X.
The IAEA has been unable to access Iran's nuclear facilities since Israel and the US carried out several strikes on those sites during a 12-day conflict in June 2025.
The sites were struck again in the latest war, launched by Israel and the US on 28 February.
Iran says the attacks on its facilities, including uranium enrichment plants in Natanz and Fordo, are why it does not allow IAEA inspectors to visit those sites.
Tehran also wants that access to be included in a broader agreement with the US and Israel to end the war.
Iran has repeatedly said its nuclear programme is intended only for peaceful purposes.
The US, Israel and several European countries have challenged that claim, amid concerns that Tehran is seeking to develop a nuclear weapon.
At the beginning of the latest US-Israel war against Iran, Tehran had about 440kg (970lb) of 60% enriched uranium, according to senior US officials.
That material can be enriched relatively quickly to the 90% level required for weapons-grade uranium.