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STORY: UN / IRAN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / RUSSIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 10 JULY 2026, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
10 JULY 2026, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo addressing Council
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding
Affairs, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA):
“The International Atomic Energy Agency indicated that it had not conducted any in-field verification activities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty safeguards’ Agreement.”
5. Med shot, DiCarlo addressing Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding
Affairs, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA):
“The Agency also reported a significant deterioration in its situational awareness following the attacks against Iran by the United States and Israel that began on 28th February 2026. It had now lost continuity of knowledge across all of Iran's declared nuclear facilities.”
7. Med shot, DiCarlo addressing Council
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding
Affairs, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA):
“The 17th June Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding contains several important agreements on nuclear issues already reached between the United States and Iran. They include resolving the disposition of stockpile enriched material, on-site down-blending of the enriched materials under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and a commitment to discuss the issue of enrichment and other mutually agreed matters related to Iran's nuclear needs.”
9. Med shot, French Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont, addressing Council
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Jérôme Bonnafont, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, France:
“Concluding a lasting agreement, providing that Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon remains a priority. France supports the detailed negotiations underway with the United States on the nuclear issue. Only the conclusion and implementation of such an agreement will make it possible, at the right time, to consider the lifting of Security Council sanctions. In parallel with these negotiations, Iran must urgently return to full compliance with its safeguards’ obligations. In this regard. It must in particular provide the International Atomic Energy Agency with access and information necessary to verify the status of its stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium.”
11. Wide shot, Russian Ambassador Anna M. Evstigneeva addressing Council
12. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anna M. Evstigneeva, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“If the politically motivated actions of Western states and delegations loyal thereto come as no surprise, the fact that the leadership of the UN Secretariat has joined their ranks is categorically unacceptable. The SG’s report is not just a document drafted by Mr. Antonio Guterres, one for which he bears personal responsibility. In fact, the publication of this report is an example of the flagrant violation by the SG of his mandate and Security Council decisions, which were set forth in resolution 2231.”
13. Wide shot, Evstigneeva addressing Council
14. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anna M. Evstigneeva, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“It’s an open secret that the JCPoA implementation crisis was prompted by the unilateral withdrawal of the US from that agreement back in 2018. Thus, it's very strange to hear from the US delegation these very strong pronouncements supporting Security Council Resolution 2231.”
15. Med shot, United States Ambassador Tammy Bruce addressing Council
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Tammy Bruce, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Staes:
“Over the last week, Iran has taken actions that defy the substance and the spirit of the understanding established between our two countries. We have witnessed Iran deploy cruise missiles and UAVs, weapons that are restricted under the Security Council resolutions, against commercial vessels lawfully transiting Omani waters and infrastructure in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, and Qatar. Iran's leaders have a historic opportunity to transform their country for their people. The decision is theirs.”
17. Wide shot, end of meeting
Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo today (10 Jul) told the Security Council that during the reporting period the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “had not conducted any in-field verification activities” in Iran under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) safeguards’ agreement.
The Agency, DiCarlo said, “also reported a significant deterioration in its situational awareness following the attacks against Iran by the United States and Israel that began on 28th February 2026” as it had “now lost continuity of knowledge across all of Iran's declared nuclear facilities.”
The Political and Peacebuilding official told the Council that the 17th June Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the United States “contains several important agreements on nuclear issues” including “resolving the disposition of stockpile enriched material, on-site down-blending of the enriched materials under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and a commitment to discuss the issue of enrichment and other mutually agreed matters related to Iran's nuclear needs.”
French Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont for his part said, “concluding a lasting agreement, providing that Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon remains a priority,” and highlighted that France “supports the detailed negotiations underway with the United States on the nuclear issue.”
Bonnafont said, “only the conclusion and implementation of such an agreement will make it possible, at the right time, to consider the lifting of Security Council sanctions.”
He said, “Iran must urgently return to full compliance with its safeguards’ obligations,” and must provide the IAEA “access and information necessary to verify the status of its stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium.”
Russian Ambassador Anna M. Evstigneeva said, “if the politically motivated actions of Western states and delegations loyal thereto come as no surprise, the fact that the leadership of the UN Secretariat has joined their ranks is categorically unacceptable.”
Evstigneeva said Secretary-General António Guterres’ report “is an example of the flagrant violation by the SG of his mandate and Security Council decisions, which were set forth in resolution 2231.”
Russia opposed the holding of today’s briefing under the “Non-Proliferation” agenda item on the implementation of resolution 2231, as it also opposes the “snapback” mechanism to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran that the agreement and resolution 2231 had suspended.
Evstigneeva said, “it’s an open secret that the JCPoA implementation crisis was prompted by the unilateral withdrawal of the US from that agreement back in 2018. Thus, it's very strange to hear from the US delegation these very strong pronouncements supporting Security Council Resolution 2231.”
United States Ambassador Tammy Bruce told the Council that over the last week, “Iran has taken actions that defy the substance and the spirit of the understanding established between our two countries.”
Bruce said, “we have witnessed Iran deploy cruise missiles and UAVs, weapons that are restricted under the Security Council resolutions, against commercial vessels lawfully transiting Omani waters and infrastructure in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar.”
She said, “Iran's leaders have a historic opportunity to transform their country for their people. The decision is theirs.”
On 17 June, the two countries had signed an interim ceasefire agreement ending hostilities and calling for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, for a waiver of US sanctions on Iranian oil, and for a 60-day negotiation period on a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme that will eventually be endorsed by the Security Council.
Hostilities erupted again this week after three ships were struck in the Strait of Hormuz. The US attributed those attacks to Iran and responded by revoking the sanctions waiver on Iranian oil and launching new strikes against the country.
