Ulyanov announced the convening of a special meeting of the IAEA Council on Iran

On March 1, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began preparations for an emergency meeting due to the worsening situation in the Middle East. This was announced on March 1 by Mikhail Ulyanov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to International Organizations in Vienna.

"At Russia's request, a special meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors on current events in and around Iran will be convened tomorrow at 9 a.m. Vienna time (11 a.m. Moscow time)," he said on his Telegram channel.

Earlier in the day, France, Germany and the United Kingdom said they had repeatedly called on Iran to curtail its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. At the same time, the three countries stated that they were committed to a peaceful settlement of issues related to Iran's nuclear developments.

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On the same day, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, in a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, declared Iran's readiness for self-defense after the assassination of Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Turkish minister, in turn, expressed his condolences over the death of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. On March 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Iranian President Masoud Peseshkian in connection with the murder of Khamenei.

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