Iranian lawmakers warn IAEA resolution would harm nuclear talks

Iran’s parliament warned on Tuesday that any resolution passed by the UN nuclear watchdog’s Board of Governors would severely damage ongoing nuclear negotiations and said the United States should bear the cost of what it called hostile agency actions.

In a statement read out in an open session of parliament, lawmakers accused Washington of coordinating with Israel to pressure Iran and described the current diplomatic track as a “strategic trap.” They urged the Iranian negotiating team to remain vigilant and reject any proposal that undermines Iran’s rights under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

“The Islamic Consultative Assembly warns that the issuance of any resolution by the IAEA Board of Governors would deeply disrupt the negotiation process, and it is the United States that must be held accountable for the agency’s hostile conduct,” the statement said.

“The available information and reports about the negotiations indicate that the United States is not serious at all. The purpose of the talks has become imposition and coercion, and the US has adopted insulting positions completely contrary to the legitimate rights of the Iranian people,” the statement added.

Lawmakers reaffirmed that Iran’s right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes is non-negotiable, and reiterated that, under Iranian law, only a deal that provides lasting sanctions relief and tangible economic benefit would be acceptable.

They also voiced support for the Iranian negotiating team, and called on officials not to give in to what they described as threats or “the delusions of the enemies of the Iranian nation.”