Iran criticizes hasty UNSC approach

Amid a US-led push for new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear row, the Islamic Republic says it disapproves the UN Security Council’s “hasty approach” on the issue.

“The approach of the UN Security Council is not constructive because it is the political will of certain countries, especially of US authorities,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters on Tuesday.

The spokesperson also pointed out that US officials have not been able to make an accurate prediction of international developments.

“They [US officials] are still following up unilateral moves which will bear no results,” he said.

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors started a week-long meeting in Vienna on Monday to discuss nuclear programs of Iran, Syria and Israel — which is widely believed to be the Middle East’s sole possessor of a nuclear arsenal.

The Iranian official reiterated that the Islamic Republic would continue its cooperation with the IAEA.

Tehran has repeatedly rejected Western allegations that its nuclear program is intended for military purposes, arguing that as an IAEA member state and a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty it has the right to a peaceful, civilian nuclear program.