Iran has turned off some cameras at a nuclear facility in response to a draft resolution to censure Tehran introduced by the United States and its European allies at the UN nuclear watchdog.

A statement released by Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEO) said that while Iran has wide-ranging cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran’s cooperation was due to its “good intentions” and the IAEA assumed this cooperation was Iran’s “duty.” As a result, Iran has decided to shut off completely two cameras belonging to the IAEA at the Online Enrichment Monitor (OLEM) and the flowmeter system. It did not state at which nuclear site this action was taken.   

Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the AEO, said that in response to the draft resolution by the IAEA, Iran has decided to remove the surveillance cameras. Kamalvandi said that Iran’s cooperation with the IAEA was voluntary and went beyond the additional protocols that the country had agreed to in order to establish “goodwill,” but that the behavior of the IAEA “has not been appropriate.” 

The cameras that were disabled had been voluntarily installed and were not part of Tehran's agreements with the IAEA.