The European Union has backed away from a direct push to refer Iran to the UN Security Council and is now only implicitly threatening Tehran with such action.
A draft resolution, drawn up for the current board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, says only that taking action against Iran over its nuclear program is "within the competence of the UN Security Council." A previous draft had called for the reporting of Tehran to the U.N.''s top decision-making body.
Mohammad Prehdi Akhunzadeh, Iranian Ambassador to the IAEA, says that there was "no consensus" on referring Iran to the Security Council.
"The main question here was whether to refer Iran to the UN Security Council. There is no consensus whatsoever to that effect and I believe that that is a message that if there is to be a solution then it should be through consensus."
He added that Iran would continue to cooperate with the IAEA, and had invited IAEA chief Mohamed El-Baradei to Tehran for talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his new government.
While not directly asking for Security Council referral, the text finds Iran in non-compliance of commitments to the IAEA that would normally warrant such action.
The draft is formally a European Union initiative but is being drawn in close consultation with Washington, and backed by Australia, Japan, Canada and others.
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维也纳外交人士22日说，欧盟已修改了有关伊朗核问题的决议草案，不再明确要求将伊朗核问题向联合国安理会报告。
The European Union has backed away from a direct push to refer Iran to the UN Security Council and is now only implicitly threatening Tehran with such action.
新华网北京9月22日电 综合新华社驻维也纳、德黑兰记者报道：维也纳外交人士22日说，欧盟已修改了有关伊朗核问题的决议草案，不再明确要求将伊朗核问题向联合国安理会报告。另据伊朗伊斯兰共和国
通讯社（伊通社）报道，伊朗驻国际原子能机构高级代表瓦伊迪当天在维也纳说，伊朗在核问题上的坚定立场是促使欧盟改变决定的重要原因。
本月20日，欧盟向国际原子能机构理事会会议散发关于伊朗核问题的决议草案，要求原子能机构将伊朗核问题向联合国安理会和联合国大会报告。随后，美国、日本、澳大利亚、加拿大等国在21日的机构理事会会议上表态，支持这一决议草案。但由于机构理事会的一些成员对此草案持有异议，希望使该决议草案一致通过的欧盟于21日晚重新修改了草案。新的决议草案中删除了要求向联合国安理会报告的文字，但明确提出，伊朗的确有违背《不扩散核武器条约》等有关文件的行为。
伊通社当天也报道说，欧盟已修改了向国际原子能机构提交的有关伊朗核问题的决议草案，不再谋求立即将伊朗核问题向联合国安理会报告，伊朗方面已于21日晚正式接到了欧盟修改决议草案的通知，并欢迎欧盟的新决定，因为冲突的升级对伊朗和欧盟都不利。
另据伊通社报道，伊朗驻国际原子能机构高级代表瓦伊迪当天在维也纳说，伊朗在核问题上的立场非常坚定，而且欧盟欲将伊朗核问题提交联合国安理会的动议本身也缺乏法理依据，在机构理事会内部遭到了普遍反对，尤其是中国和俄罗斯的反对。此外，伊朗此前也表示，一旦核问题被升级，伊朗将停止履行《不扩散核武器条约》及其附加议定书所规定的义务。瓦伊迪认为，正是这些原因促使欧盟修改了有关伊朗核问题的决议草案。
关于欧盟的新决议草案，驻维也纳外交人士22日指出，根据国际原子能机构规约，国际原子能机构应该向联合国安理会和联合国大会报告其成员国没有履行《不扩散核武器条约》等有关文件的行为。欧盟的新草案只是引而不发，只要时机合适，国际原子能机构随时可以将伊朗核问题向安理会报告。
到记者发稿时，欧盟尚未向国际原子能机构成员广泛散发新的决议草案。伊朗驻国际原子能机构大使贝斯提当天也表示“尚未看到”新的决议草案。
目前，美国尚未对欧盟的新决议草案公开表态，但日本一位消息灵通人士告诉新华社记者，美国和日本仍然坚持将伊朗核问题升级的解决方式。
