The United Nations¡¯ atomic watchdog passed a resolution of censure against Iran on Wednesday, deepening a diplomatic rift over the Islamic Republic¡¯s contested nuclear program.
European diplomats proposed the measure after International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors reported that Iran hasn¡¯t helped them resolve a probe into uranium particles, presumed to be decades old and detected at undeclared locations.
Twenty mostly-Western countries voted for the censure. China and Russia opposed the motion with the rest of the IAEA¡¯s 35-member board abstaining, according to diplomats at the meeting. The three-page censure, drafted by France, Germany and the U.K., said it was ¡°essential and urgent¡± that Iran cooperates on the issue of the unexplained fissile matter.
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