The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved on September 9, 2026 a resolution referring Iran to the United Nations Security Council for failing to comply with its nuclear non-proliferation obligations, the first time in two decades that the body has taken that step.

The text, driven by the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany, takes up the finding of non-compliance that the Board itself adopted on June 12, 2025, one day before the 12-day conflict in which the United States and Israel attacked Iranian nuclear facilities. Since then the agency has been unable to verify the material already declared or to return to the affected sites, and Tehran suspended its cooperation with inspectors that same year. Times of Israel notes that the decision had been under consideration since June 2025. The file reaches Mexico through the energy channel: the Mexican export blend closed Wednesday at 100.04 dollars per barrel, its highest level since late May, La Jornada reported.

The vote was 23 in favor, 3 against and 8 abstentions, with Russia, China and Niger opposed, according to Al Jazeera. Before the June 2025 attacks, the IAEA estimated that Iran stored 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 60 percent, one step below the 90 percent of weapons grade, and it calculates that more than 200 kilograms remain at one site. Iran's representative to the organizations in Vienna, Reza Najafi, described the resolution as a political tool and argued that inspections are materially impossible while military operations continue, according to Al Jazeera. Tehran denies seeking nuclear weapons and maintains that it has the right to develop civilian nuclear technology, a position it has held since the 2015 agreement.

From now on the file moves to the Security Council and the General Assembly, where Russia and China hold vetoes. On the Mexican fiscal front, the 2027 Economic Package delivered to Congress estimates an average price of 61.8 dollars per barrel for the Mexican blend, according to Excélsior, a reference that contrasts with Wednesday's close of 100.04 dollars.

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