Iran pledges 'firm' response to IAEA resolution, switches off cameras
Prospects for supervision of Iran's nuclear activities went cloudy as the UN nuclear watchdog chief decried a potential "fatal blow" from Iran's disabling of 27 IAEA-installed cameras at its key facilities.
The spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, took to Twitter to denounce an "ill-advised" resolution passed by the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Khatibzadeh warned that Iran's response will be "firm and proportionate," and accused the architects of the motion — the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany — of pursuing a "short-sighted" agenda.
The four powers drafted the resolution following an IAEA report last week that highlighted Iran's failure to offer "technically credible" answers to lingering ambiguities on the possibility of military purposes at three nuclear sites.
Khatibzadeh defended Iran's nuclear program as "the world's most transparent" and warned that the West will be "responsible for the consequences" after the resolution, for which 30 out of 35 members of the IAEA's board voted. China and Russia rejected the motion, while India, Pakistan and Libya abstained.
