The United States has called for stronger action from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding Iran's nuclear activities. Speaking at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna on November 19, 2025, Howard Solomon, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim for the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, addressed concerns under Agenda Item 5f about Iran’s compliance with its nuclear safeguards agreement.
Solomon thanked the Director General and Secretariat for their ongoing work monitoring Iran’s implementation of its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). He emphasized that recent developments—specifically, the reimposition of previous UN Security Council resolutions related to Iran—require decisive steps from the Board.
“With previous UN Security Council Resolutions on Iran back in effect, it is imperative that the Board take action to provide the Director General a clear and comprehensive mandate with respect to IAEA verification and reporting in Iran moving forward. The reimposition of the UN Security Council resolutions (Snapback) is not a return to business as usual; rather, it marks the restoration of the suspension of all enrichment, reprocessing, and heavy-water related activities in Iran, prohibitions that the IAEA is requested to verify and on which it must report,” said Solomon.
He pointed out that Iran has not complied with its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement by refusing access to certain nuclear facilities and failing for over five months to provide required reports about its uranium stockpiles. These issues increase what he described as “the need for detailed technical reporting from the Director General.”
Solomon stated U.S. support for resolution GOV/2025/69: “This resolution is technical, apolitical, and establishes a clear implementation and reporting mandate for the Agency that accounts for the reimposition of UN sanctions and other restrictions on Iran under six previous UN Security Council resolutions.”
He also urged Iran “to fully and immediately fulfil its legal obligations under its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and relevant UNSCRs so that the Director General can be in a position to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material in Iran and assure that Iran’s nuclear activities are exclusively peaceful.”
In closing remarks, Solomon said: “With these comments, the United States takes note of the Director General’s report in document GOV/2025/65 and requests it be made public.”