* Resolution overwhelmingly approved by 35-nation IAEA board
* Six world powers sought broad backing for rebuking Tehran
* Keen for diplomatic breakthrough to avert threat of war
* Iran: IAEA governors’ vote “complicates situation”
* Iran’s “procrastination unacceptable,” EU says
By Fredrik Dahl
VIENNA, Sept 13 (Reuters) – The 35-nation board of the U.N.
nuclear watchdog censured Iran on Thursday for defying
international demands to curb uranium enrichment and failing to
address mounting disquiet about its suspected research into
atomic bombs.
Two days after Israel ramped up threats to attack its
arch-enemy Iran, the board overwhelmingly passed a resolution
voicing “serious concern” about Tehran’s nuclear advances but
also making clear its desire for a peaceful resolution of the
row.
Russia and China joined four U.S.-led Western powers in
sponsoring the resolution to display big power unity on Iran.
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