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Backed by Western board members including the US, UK and France, a new IAEA resolution condemns Iran’s lack of transparency in cooperating with the agency, alluding to “deeply troubling” signs that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in the Middle East.
IAEA board board passes resolution denouncing lack of Iran ‘cooperation’
The UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors passed a resolution chiding Iran’s poor cooperation with the agency after hours of heated exchanges, diplomats told AFP late on Thursday, a move Tehran called “politically motivated”.
The censure motion brought by Britain, France, Germany and the United States at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation board follows a similar one in June.
But it comes as tensions run high over Iran’s atomic programme, with critics fearing that Tehran is attempting to develop a nuclear weapon — a claim the Islamic Republic has repeatedly denied.
The resolution — which China, Russia and Burkina Faso voted against — was carried by 19 votes in favour, with 12 abstentions and Venezuela not participating, two diplomats told AFP.
Milei says ICC warrants for Israeli leaders ‘ignores’ right to self-defense
The International Criminal Court (ICC) decision Thursday to issue arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister “ignores” the country’s right to defend itself, Argentina’s leader said.
Argentina “declares its deep disagreement” with the decision, which “ignores Israel’s legitimate right to self-defense against the constant attacks by terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah,” President Javier Milei said in a statement on the X social media network.
Welcome to our liveblog, where we post the latest news on the war in the Middle East. To read all about yesterday’s key developments, click here.
- The ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders Binyamin Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader Deif for war crimes, crimes against humanity.
- ICC arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader Deif are ‘binding’, says EU’s Josep Borrell.
- The US Senate rejected a bid to stop some military sales to Israel on Wednesday, hours after the US vetoed a UN resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
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