Armenia abstains from IAEA Board of Governors resolution vote condemning Iran

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia, included among the 35 member board of governors for 2024–2025, abstained on June 12 during the IAEA resolution condemning Iran for failing to meet its nuclear obligations.

The IAEA Board of Governors, one of the agency’s two main policymaking bodies alongside the General Conference, adopted a resolution June 12 condemning Iran’s non-compliance with its obligations for the first time in two decades. Nineteen countries voted in favor, including the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Ecuador, Ukraine, Canada, Georgia, Japan, South Korea, Morocco, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Colombia. Three—Russia, China, and Burkina Faso—voted against, while eleven abstained alongside Armenia: South Africa, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Indonesia, Brazil, Ghana, Thailand, Algeria, and Bangladesh. Paraguay and Venezuela lacked voting rights for this resolution.

Earlier, Iran’s Foreign Ministry and the International Atomic Energy Agency jointly released a statement opposing the resolution.

The United States and Iran are negotiating over Tehran’s rapidly developing nuclear program. Oman’s Foreign Minister previously announced the sixth round of talks scheduled to take place in Muscat. However, overnight June 13, Israel launched wide-scale strikes against Iran, targeting uranium-enrichment facilities in Natanz and Fordow, missile bases in Kermanshah and Khorramabad, and sites in Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, and other major cities.