Speaker: IAEA BoG resolution not to benefit Vienna Talks
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said that the adoption of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors resolution means that the IAEA is directly influenced by Zionists and that the measure has undermined Iran’s constructive cooperation with the nuclear watchdog and will not benefit the Vienna Talks.
Addressing the Majlis open session on Sunday, Qalibaf said such measures show that the other parties are not serious about lifting anti-Iran sanctions.
Iran strongly supports the technical and legal measures taken by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran in response to the oppressive and non-constructive resolution, he said.
He welcomed Russia's and China's negative votes to this resolution, saying that focusing on and neutralizing sanctions and creating economic prosperity by relying on domestic would be the most important and strongest possible response to the enemies and ill-wishers of the Iranian nation.
On Wednesday, the US and three European countries of Britain, Germany, and France offered an anti-Iran draft resolution to the IAEA BoG based on allegations made by the Zionist regime on Iranian nuclear activities.
The anti-Iran resolution was approved with 30 votes in favor, two votes against (Russia and China), and three abstentions (India, Libya, and Pakistan).
In reaction to the approval of the resolution, the Islamic Republic of Iran halted certain collaborations with the IAEA, which were beyond safeguards agreements and were conducted by Iranians to show their good faith.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) issued a statement on Thursday, declaring that the Islamic Republic has so far shown extensive cooperation with the IAEA, which has not been appreciated, so the AEOI decided that beyond safeguards cameras measuring On-Line Enrichment Monitor (OLEM) and flowmeter to be deactivated from today.