Vienna: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has urged members of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors not to allow the UN nuclear watchdog to be used once again as a political instrument by the United States.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, Araghchi addressed a letter to the foreign ministers of countries represented on the IAEA Board of Governors, describing a US-drafted resolution against Iran as politically motivated and made in bad faith. He sent the letter as the Board is holding its quarterly June meeting in Vienna, with Iran's nuclear program being on the agenda of talks on Wednesday. Ahead of the talks, the US prepared a resolution against Iran.

Araghchi stated that Washington was responsible for the current tensions and warned against any attempt to use the Board to legitimize what he called unlawful actions against Iran. He referred to a resolution that the IAEA Board of Governors adopted in June 2025, following which the United States and Israel launched attacks against Iran's safeguarded nuclear facilities less than 24 hours after its passage, resulting in the deaths of many Iranians.

The Iranian foreign minister questioned whether the agency was once again being used to justify aggression against Iran's peaceful nuclear program. He highlighted repeated US and Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities and the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists and their family members since June 2025, calling the developments unprecedented in the history of the IAEA.

Araghchi expressed concern about the serious consequences of such actions for international law, global peace and security, the non-proliferation regime, and the implementation of IAEA safeguards. He criticized the US draft resolution for focusing only on the consequences of recent developments while deliberately ignoring the root causes of the current situation.

Araghchi emphasized that the decisions made by IAEA board members would affect not only Iran's case but also the credibility, independence, and future of the agency and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).