US drops push to refer Iran to UN to win E3 backing for IAEA resolution - WSJ

The United States dropped a push to immediately refer Iran to the UN Security Council as part of a compromise to secure European backing for a draft resolution at this week’s IAEA Board of Governors meeting, WSJ correspondent Laurence Norman reported citing unnamed sources.

Norman said the original US draft, which the E3 were not keen on, has been amended into a joint US-E3 resolution and is now likely to pass.

The draft calls on the board to say it “deeply regrets Iran’s continued failure to remedy its non-compliance over the past 12 months,” including Tehran’s failure to provide the IAEA with information and access needed to verify previously declared nuclear material.

The text still warns that the board will be ready to take further action, including addressing the timing and content of a report for consideration by the UN Security Council, the report said.