From the public relations report of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN Security Council President Sanita Pavlota-Deslandes, and IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Security Council, and the IAEA Director-General request this abhorrent announcement clearly and without any Condemn ambiguity.”
According to IRNA, Araghchi clarified: “Also, the Secretary General and the Security Council are requested to immediately draw the attention of the international community to the serious consequences of the US declaration to maintain international peace and security, and in response to their responsibilities based on the Charter, respond to the concerns that are certainly directed at security and safety, their equipment and work related to them.”
The complete letter of Abbaschi, the Minister of Security under the supervision of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to the Secretary General of the United Nations, the President of the Council of the United Nations and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency in the declaration of hatred and regret of the US Department of State for the amount of 20 million US dollars in the text of the provision of information about Iran’s peaceful nuclear program, November 10, 2026 (November 19, 1405) is as follows:
In the name of Allah, the Merciful
Your Excellency
I would like your Excellency’s urgent attention to the repeated and very regrettable action of the United States of America, in case of providing information on Iran’s nuclear program, including information on people related to this program, members of the country’s scientific community, its equipment and supplies, up to 20 million US dollars, along with the possibility of relocation and transfer to another place.
The announcement, issued on November 6 and 7, 2026, through the so-called Reward for Justice program, by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), raises serious concerns about its message for the security and all peaceful programs of one of the non-proliferation treaty states.
The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemns this ill-considered and dangerous action and considers it particularly worrying because it openly encourages the secret collection of information and espionage about nuclear facilities and materials, technical equipment and scientists and specialists in this field. Such an approach risks encouraging espionage activities and targeting nuclear scientists and technical staff. Additionally, this action raises serious concerns about the security of nuclear facilities and the safety of individuals engaged in peaceful nuclear activities.
The right of states to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, without discrimination and within the framework of their international obligations, is a right expressly recognized in Article IV of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). No State shall seek to undermine the legitimate peaceful nuclear activities of another State through coercive measures, covert interventions, or activities that endanger the security of the nuclear facilities and scientific community of another State.
A public request for confidential information about a sovereign state’s nuclear facilities, equipment, and personnel, especially when these facilities are under IAEA safeguards, raises serious questions about the validity, integrity, and reliability of the IAEA’s safeguards system.
One of the immediate consequences of such a worrisome action by the United States is that one cannot expect the normal implementation of safeguard obligations in a situation where the facilities, employees and sensitive information relied on by the defense system are exposed to terror, sabotage and aggression. Nuclear facilities under the protection of the International Atomic Energy Agency are not outside the scope of international law, and their placement under protection does not reduce the sovereign rights of the relevant government in any way. Requesting information about safeguarded facilities, structures and technical specifications, equipment, operations, and personnel associated with them creates the risk that safeguards-related information could be misused for purposes completely contrary to the agency’s verification mission. It is essential that the agency’s safeguards system in this particular case does not become a tool for the intelligence and espionage activities of the United States and its validity and efficiency are not distorted.
The explicit inclusion of nuclear scientists and technical staff in the US’s shameful bounty announcement is deeply troubling. Scientists and technical experts working in the peaceful nuclear field must be able to perform their professional duties without intimidation, threats, coercion or exposure to activities that endanger their lives and personal safety. The international community has a shared responsibility to promote the safety and security of nuclear facilities and their personnel, as well as to prevent actions that could increase the risk of sabotage, illegal interference, or intentional accidents with potentially serious radiological and humanitarian consequences.
In view of the above, the Islamic Republic of Iran requests the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Security Council and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency to condemn this hateful announcement clearly and without any ambiguity. It is also requested from the Secretary General and the Security Council:
1. Immediately draw the attention of the international community to the serious consequences of the American declaration to maintain international peace and security;
2. In their mechanisms based on the United Nations Charter, they recognize the dangers that the United States says are safe and secure, build the equipment and personnel associated with them, and hold the United States accountable for its continued wrongdoing.
In addition, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency is requested to:
1. It reports and re-examines the importance of maintaining confidentiality, impartiality and institutional independence of safeguarding activities.
2. Within the agency’s statutory authority and mandate, all measures are necessary to ensure that safeguards-related information obtained in the course of the agency’s activities is not disclosed and misused or exploited in accordance with the agency’s mandate. In this context, special attention should be paid to information safety and security.
3. He informed the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency about the matter and put the necessary institutional measures to deal with its messages.
It causes the Supreme Council to order this letter to be released as an official document of the Security and International Atomic Energy Agency.
With best regards
Seyyed Abbas Araghchi
Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran
