VIENNA, June 10 — The United Nations nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors passed a United States (US)-backed resolution on Wednesday telling Iran to declare its remaining enriched uranium stocks and let inspectors verify them, which could complicate Washington's talks with Tehran.
The move came within hours of the US and Iran trading military strikes after US President Donald Trump said Iran had downed a US Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.
Israeli and US attacks in June of last year destroyed or badly damaged Iranian uranium-enrichment plants, but much of the enriched uranium they produced, including material close to weapons-grade, is thought to have survived.
Iran still has not informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the fate of that material, nor has it let IAEA inspectors return to the bombed sites to check.
The US led the push for the resolution, but Iran has called it "whitewashing military aggression", since inspectors had access before the strikes.
Diplomats at the closed-door meeting said that the resolution text submitted by the US, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany was passed with 21 votes in favour, three against, and 10 abstentions.
The countries opposing were Russia, China, and Niger, while Venezuela was not allowed to take part.
