TEHRAN, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - A UN Security Council resolution on Iran may be approved only after the international nuclear watchdog formally condemns Iran's nuclear record, Russia's foreign minister said Wednesday.
"All [previous] UN Security Council resolutions have been adopted once the IAEA confirmed that outstanding issues with Iran were impossible to resolve [any other way]," Sergei Lavrov told a Tehran news conference.
In any case such issues should be considered on the basis of IAEA's contacts with Iran, he said.
"We welcome Iran's readiness to clarify the outstanding issues it has with the IAEA," Lavrov said, stressing the key role the IAEA plays in the controversy around Iran's nuclear issue.
