The resolution, enacted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, requires Iran to suspend certain "proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities."[5] It places several prohibitions on all states with regards to Iran's nuclear activities. The Security Council also imposed a freeze on those assets supporting or associated with Iran's proliferation nuclear activities and established a committee (known as the 1737 Committee) to oversee their implementation. It also provided a deadline for Iran to comply with the resolution. The sanctions would be lifted if Iran suspended the "suspect activities" within 60 days to the satisfaction of the International Atomic Energy Agency.[1]
Iran responded by condemning the resolution and criticizing the Security Council. Mohammad Ali Hosseini, a spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, said the resolution "cannot affect or limit Iran's peaceful nuclear activities but will discredit the decisions of the Security Council, whose power is deteriorating." Because the resolution is under Article 41 of Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter, it cannot be enforced through the use of military means.[6]
The Iranian Ambassador to the U.N, M. Javad Zarif, also replied to the resolution, “A nation is being punished for exercising its inalienable rights,” accusing the council of acting at the “behest of a dangerous regime with aggression and war crimes as its signature brand of behaviour,” referring to Israel, whose Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, allegedly took steps towards the disambiguation of Israel's suspected nuclear arsenal.[7]
In reaction to the resolution, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated "I am sorry for you who lost the opportunity for friendship with the nation of Iran. You yourself know that you cannot damage the nation of Iran an iota." Hosseini, the foreign ministry spokesman, vowed that Iran's relationship with the UN nuclear watchdog would change.[8]
The resolution lists the following individuals and organizations in an annex, as the initial list of people and organizations whose assets are asked to be frozen:[1]
Nuclear program
- Organizations
- Individuals
- Mohammad Qannadi, AEOI Vice President for Research & Development
- Behman Asgarpour, Operational Manager ( Arak)
- Dawood Agha-Jani, Head of the PFEP (Natanz)
- Ehsan Monajemi, Construction Project Manager, Natanz
- Jafar Mohammadi, Technical Adviser to the AEOI (in charge of managing the production of valves for centrifuges)
- Ali Hajinia Leilabadi, Director General of Mesbah Energy Company
- Lt Gen Mohammad Mehdi Nejad Nouri, Rector of Malek Ashtar University of Defence Technology
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Ballistic missile program
- Organizations
- Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group
- Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group
- Fajr Industrial Group
- Individuals
- Gen Hosein Salimi, Commander of the Air Force, IRGC (Pasdaran)
- Ahmad Vahid Dastjerdi, Head of the AIO
- Reza-Gholi Esmaeli, Head of Trade & International Affairs Dept, AIO
- Bahmanyar Morteza Bahmanyar, Head of Finance & Budget Dept, AIO
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In addition to the above, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, Commander in Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is listed in a separate group and is claimed to be involved in both the nuclear and ballistic missile programs.[1]
In September 2012, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates confiscated various equipment headed to Iran which may have been sought for the Iranian nuclear program, including carbon fibre, which experts said would be vital if Iran wanted to develop more advanced nuclear enrichment centrifuge technology. In addition, diplomats said that the UAE reported to the 1737 Committee that the UAE had intercepted suspicious equipment headed to Iran about 15 times in three years.[10][11]
Busch, Nathan E.; Joyner, Daniel (2009). Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Future of International Nonproliferation Policy. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-8203-3221-5.