* Resolution overwhelmingly approved by 35-nation IAEA board
* Six world powers sought broad backing for censuring Tehran
* Iran defying pressure to curb uranium enrichment
* Iran’s “procrastination unacceptable,” EU says
By Fredrik Dahl
VIENNA, Sept 13 (Reuters) – The 35-nation board of the U.N.
nuclear watchdog passed a resolution on Thursday rebuking Iran
for defying demands to curb uranium enrichment and failing to
clarify mounting concerns about its suspected research into
atomic bombs.
Two days after Israel ramped up threats to attack its
arch-enemy Iran, the board overwhelmingly adopted the measure
voicing “serious concern” about Tehran’s nuclear advances but
also making clear its desire for a peaceful resolution of the
row.
Only Cuba voted against the resolution. Three countries,
including Egypt, abstained, according to diplomats who took part
in the closed-door meeting at International Atomic Energy Agency
headquarters in Vienna.
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