Iran withdraws resolution banning attacks on nuclear sites following US pressure

Iran has decided at the last minute to withdraw a resolution prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities that it put forward for a vote before an annual gathering of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s member nations.

By Associated Press

September 19, 2025

AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File

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