IAEA to hold emergency meeting amid Israel-Iran escalation

The IAEA Board of Governors will hold an extraordinary meeting amid the escalation between Israel and Iran, during which they will discuss strikes on nuclear facilities, Report informs via Reuters, citing sources.

According to IAEA rules, any member state of the board can call a meeting. The sources note that at least one member of the board requested a meeting at the regular quarterly session on June 13.

Iran is not a member of the board and its request to initiate a meeting was supported by Russia, China and Venezuela, the sources said. It is not specified which of the three countries sent the request first.