The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution Friday "deploring" Iran's lack of "full, timely and proactive" cooperation.

However, the draft, submitted by France, Britain and Germany, does not threaten to report Iran to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.

The final text of the resolution says the IAEA board "deplores ... the fact that, overall ... Iran's cooperation has not been as full, timely and proactive as it should have been."

The resolution also says: "a number of questions remain outstanding" in nearly two years since Iran's nuclear program came under the limelight.

The resolution does not give a deadline for solving these problems, but says it is essential for Iran to deal with issues "within the next few months."

It does not contain a clause that was sought by the United States and could send the Iran case to the UN Security Council for violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

The United States accuses Iran of using the nuclear program as a smoke screen for nuclear weapons, a charge repeatedly denied by Iran, which insists its nuclear program is only for peaceful purpose.

On Thursday, Iran threatened to resume uranium enrichment if the IAEA criticized it over the extent of its cooperation, but said it would not withdraw from the NPT.

Source: Xinhua