Iran writes letter to IAEA board members

TEHRAN, Dec. 1 (MNA) - Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has sent separate letters to all 35 countries sitting on the IAEA Board of Governors announcing Tehran’s position in accordance with the kind of the vote that each country cast.


The IAEA Board of Governors, under pressure by the West, adopted a resolution against Iran on Friday. The resolution criticized Iran for beginning construction of a new uranium enrichment facility at Fordo and demanded that it immediately halt its construction.



Twenty-five members, including Russia and China, voted in favor of the resolution. Malaysia, which is the current president of the IAEA Board, Venezuela, and Cuba voted against the resolution, and Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt, Pakistan, South Africa and Turkey abstained. Azerbaijan Republic missed the vote.



“In these letters Mr. Mottaki has announced his position based on the Board of Governors members’ votes,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast announced on Tuesday.



In the letters Mottaki has strongly complained of countries who had voted in favor of the resolution, Mehmanparast explained.