Javad Zarif

The UN Nuclear Watchdog Reaches a Temporary Inspection Plan With Iran

• February 21, 2021

VIENNA — Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, that it will significantly limit inspections of its nuclear facilities as of Feb. 23. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the Vienna-based agency, traveled to Tehran over the weekend to meet with Iranian officials to try to preserve at …

Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US Foreign Relations

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P5 MONITOR

Is This the End of the UN Security Council?

Enrico Carisch

• May 10, 2018

What can the five remaining signatories to the Iran nuclear deal do now that the Trump administration has trampled on Security Council Resolution 2231 and its 13 binding decisions, adopted under Article 41 of the United Nations Charter? Sooner or later, the other 14 members of the Security Council, especially Britain, China, France and …

Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, P5 Monitor, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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The Elders Support a Diplomatic Opening to Iran

Barbara Crossette

• January 31, 2014

The Elders, a group of distinguished former global leaders led by Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary-general, made an unusual three-day visit to Iran at the end of January to meet with numerous officials, including President Hassan Rouhani of Iran. It was the first trip to Iran by The Elders, who said at …