Israel welcomes IAEA resolution, Iran retaliates by curtailing nuclear monitoring - BICOM

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Tehran is also enriching and storing uranium at its highest-ever levels, and close to weapons-grade.
51% : By voting for the resolution, the US and E3 aim to affirms the importance of monitoring and verification as a principle and express their concern over lack of progress on a probe Iran itself has agreed to.
50% : The resolution was sponsored by the US and E3 (UK, Germany and France), who said in a joint statement: "The overwhelming majority vote at the IAEA Board of Governors sends an unambiguous message to Iran that it must meet its safeguards obligations and provide technically credible clarifications on outstanding safeguards issues."
50% : Without the ability to monitor, Iran is likely to install more cascades of IR-6 centrifuges.
49% : An Israeli government official said earlier in the week that Iran has enriched enough uranium to a high-grade to allow it to build three nuclear bombs.
49% : On Monday, Israel allegedly struck a building in the heart of Damascus that housed a depot that played a role in the precision-guided missile programme being overseen by Iran.
48% : Context: The IAEA has been seeking Iran's answers for three years about undeclared nuclear material in Iran.
47% : Two days before the vote, Tehran installed advanced IR-6 centrifuges in a cascade at an underground enrichment plant.
46% : "We urge Iran to heed the call of the international community to fulfil its legal obligations and cooperate with the IAEA to fully clarify and resolve issues without further delay.
46% : As such, it is not inconsistent with wanting the nuclear deal fully restored, if Washington and Tehran can overcome the remaining hurdles and finalise a ready text.
40% : Iran responded by saying it will disconnect 27 IAEA surveillance cameras and other monitoring equipment added as part of the JCPOA deal.
40% : In what was a possible retaliation to the recent events, Iran sent explosive drones toward northern Iraq and killed three civilians close to where a new US consulate is being built.
38% : What happened: Israel welcomes the latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors' resolution that criticises Iran for failing to cooperate with an agency investigation over its past nuclear activities.
38% : The resolution, passed with 30 votes for, two against (Russia and China) and three abstentions (India, Libya, Pakistan), said the board "expresses profound concern" over uranium traces that were "not clarified by Iran".
38% : Defence Minister Benny Gantz said: "Iran has demonstrated once again that it threatens both regional and global peace.
38% : Grossi said that Iran could now build more centrifuges without IAEA knowing about it.
37% : The Board of Governors' decision determines that Iran is neither cooperating with the IAEA nor obeying its directives and is thus preventing the agency from fulfilling its important function and acting against military nuclear activity."
33% : If Iran does this and the Director General is able to report that the unresolved safeguards issues are no longer outstanding, we would see no need for further Board consideration and action on these issues."
33% : Looking ahead: In theory, IAEA member states could escalate the matter to the UN Security Council, which could take measures against Iran.
29% : Last Friday, IAEA head Grossi took an unannounced trip to Israel and met with Prime Minister Bennett, who days earlier revealed that Iran stole classified documents from the IAEA and used them to deceive international inspectors nearly two decades ago.

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