The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors passed a resolution on 10 June demanding that Tehran declare the fate of its enriched uranium stockpiles and allow inspectors to verify them.

The text submitted by Washington, the UK, France, and Germany passed with 21 votes in favor, three against, and 10 abstentions, according to diplomats cited by Reuters.

Russia, China, and Niger opposed the resolution, the sources added.

Diplomats cited by the Washington Post said the text demands “complete information” about Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium.

They also said the text called IAEA access to information and key nuclear sites “essential and urgent” in order to verify that there is no “diversion of nuclear material.”

Tehran condemned the vote, calling it a politically motivated measure “devoid of professionalism.”

The vote comes despite repeated confirmations by US intelligence assessments over the past couple of years that Iran is not seeking a weaponization of its nuclear program.

“The Israeli regime’s and America’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities halted verification activities and forced Agency inspectors to leave Iran for ​safety reasons,” said Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi before the IAEA vote.

“Now, America seeks ​to turn the consequences of its illegal attack into a case against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he added.

Reuters had reported on Sunday that Washington was preparing a draft resolution to submit to the IAEA, calling for “precise information” on nuclear sites and enriched material.

Tehran has repeatedly accused the IAEA of passing along sensitive information to Israel.

Right before the US-backed Israeli war was launched against Iran in June 2025, Iranian media reports said Israel assassinated several top nuclear scientists using intelligence and information disclosed by the IAEA. This led Iran to halt cooperation with the agency toward the end of the war.

However, the Islamic Republic ended up restoring limited engagement with the IAEA not long after, but refused to grant it access to key nuclear sites bombarded by the US in late June 2025.

US President Donald Trump claimed at the end of the June war that Iran’s nuclear program was “obliterated” by Washington’s strikes, but US intelligence reports refuted the president’s claims.

Since then, the IAEA has been demanding access to the targeted nuclear sites – a demand which Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi referred to last year as “malicious.”

In early April 2026 – weeks into the new US-Israeli war on Iran – Washington launched what it said was an effort to rescue a downed pilot over Iran.

US forces faced heavy resistance from Iranian troops during the incursion and reportedly lost multiple aircraft.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry made a statement at the time saying that the alleged operation to rescue the downed pilot may have been part of a deception to steal enriched uranium from a site in Isfahan, where the material is believed to be stored.

“The White House situation room made a critical decision: the main operation to infiltrate the nuclear site was changed into a desperate rescue operation for the dozens of US commandos trapped under Iranian fire,” Iranian news outlet Press TV reported on 7 April.

US jets managed to extract trapped soldiers after heavy bombing, creating a 5-kilometer “line of fire” and destroying equipment to prevent Iranian forces from taking it, the report added.