The international system for monitoring Iran's nuclear program is facing a verification crisis, with U.N. inspectors unable for more than a year to maintain continuity of knowledge over stocks of highly enriched uranium as the dispute moves back to the Security Council.
The International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member Board of Governors voted on Wednesday to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council, the first such referral in 20 years, after the agency said it could no longer verify nuclear material at declared facilities or fulfill its safeguards responsibilities there.
