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Tehran to retaliate against anti-Iran resolutions at IAEA — official

Tehran views the approach of the United States and the European troika to the situation surrounding Iran's nuclear program as hostile

DUBAI, November 14. /TASS/. Iran will not allow the countries of the European Troika (the UK, Germany, and France) to put pressure on Tehran to limit the development of its nuclear program by sending anti-Iranian resolutions to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohammad Eslami, the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said.

"We will take retaliatory measures against any [IAEA] resolutions that imply interference in the affairs of Iran's nuclear program. We will not allow them (the European Troika - TASS) to put this pressure on us. This has been going on for many years. They should realize that we are not subject to it at all. Our nuclear program will continue its development in accordance with Iran's national interests," he said at a press conference with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in Tehran.

Tehran views the approach of the United States and the European troika to the situation surrounding Iran's nuclear program as hostile. These countries accuse Iran of insufficient cooperation with the IAEA. In June, they initiated the adoption of an anti-Iran resolution by the agency's Board of Governors, demanding that the country explain the origin of traces of uranium of "anthropogenic origin" at two undeclared nuclear sites and allow the agency's inspectors there.

Following the adoption of the resolution, Tehran said it would respond appropriately to the hostile actions of the European troika. Russia, China and a number of states criticized the politicized approach of Western countries and called for a rational discussion on the future of the Iranian nuclear issue.

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