The Board of Governors,
(a) Recalling the Resolutions adopted by the Board and the UNSC,
(b) Commending the Director General for his professional and impartial efforts to implement
the Safeguards Agreement in Iran, to resolve outstanding safeguards issues in Iran and to verify
the implementation by Iran of the suspension,
(c) Stressing the important role played by the IAEA in resolving the Iranian nuclear issue and
reaffirming the Board’s resolve to continue to work for a diplomatic solution to the Iranian
nuclear issue,
(d) Reaffirming the inalienable rights of all the parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty to
develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes in accordance
with Article IV of the NPT,
(e) Commending the Director General for his proposal of an Agreement between the
International Atomic Energy Agency and the Governments of the Republic of France, the
Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation for Assistance in Securing Nuclear Fuel for
a Research Reactor in Iran for the Supply of Nuclear Fuel to the Tehran Research Reactor;
appreciating the intensive efforts of the Director General to achieve an agreement on his
proposal,
(f) Noting with serious concern that Iran continues to defy the requirements and obligations
contained in the relevant IAEA Board of Governors and UN Security Council Resolutions,
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(g) Also noting with serious concern that Iran has constructed an enrichment facility at Qom
in breach of its obligation to suspend all enrichment related activities and that Iran’s failure to
notify the Agency of the new facility until September 2009 is inconsistent with its obligations
under the Subsidiary Arrangements to its Safeguards Agreement,
(h) Affirming that Iran's failure to inform the Agency, in accordance with the provisions of
the revised Code 3.1, of the decision to construct, or to authorize construction of, a new facility
as soon as such a decision is taken, and to submit information as the design is developed, does
not contribute to the building of confidence,
(i) Underlining that Iran's declaration of the new facility reduces the level of confidence in
the absence of other nuclear facilities and gives rise to questions about whether there are any
other nuclear facilities under construction in Iran which have not been declared to the Agency,
(j) Noting with serious concern that, contrary to the request of the Board of Governors and
the requirements of the Security Council, Iran has neither implemented the Additional Protocol
nor cooperated with the Agency in connection with the remaining issues of concern, which need
to be clarified to exclude the possibility of military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme,
(k) Emphasizing the Director General’s assertion that unless Iran implements the Additional
Protocol and, through substantive dialogue, clarifies the outstanding issues to the satisfaction of
the Agency, the Agency will not be in a position to provide credible assurance about the
absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and
(l) Noting that the Director General has repeatedly declared that he is unable to verify that
Iran’s programme is for exclusively peaceful purposes,
1. Urges Iran to comply fully and without delay with its obligations under the above mentioned
resolutions of the Security Council, and to meet the requirements of the Board of Governors, including
by suspending immediately construction at Qom;
2. Urges Iran to engage with the Agency on the resolution of all outstanding issues concerning
Iran’s nuclear programme and, to this end, to cooperate fully with the IAEA by providing such access
and information that the Agency requests to resolve these issues;
3. Urges Iran to comply fully and without qualification with its safeguards obligations, to apply the
modified Code 3.1 and implement and ratify promptly the Additional Protocol;
4. Urges Iran specifically to provide the Agency with the requested clarifications regarding the
purpose of the enrichment plant at Qom and the chronology of its design and construction;
5. Calls on Iran to confirm, as requested by the Agency, that Iran has not taken a decision to
construct, or authorize construction of, any other nuclear facility which has as yet not been declared to
the Agency;
6. Requests the Director General to continue his efforts to implement the Safeguards Agreement in
Iran, resolve the outstanding issues which give rise to concerns, and which need to be clarified to
exclude the existence of possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear programme, and to implement
the relevant provisions of UNSC resolutions;
7. Further requests the Director General to report this resolution to the UNSC; and
8. Decides to remain seized of the matter.