The International Atomic Energy Agency board on Thursday passed a resolution demanding that Iran provide "full and prompt" cooperation including access to sensitive nuclear sites, but Tehran immediately rejected the measure.

Long-simmering tensions with the UN nuclear watchdog flared anew after Israeli and US strikes on Iranian sites in June. UN inspectors have not had access to any of the damaged complex.

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi on Wednesday renewed a call for Tehran to let inspectors into the key nuclear sites and the agency's governing board passed a resolution proposed by the United States, Britain, France and Germany by 19 votes to three with 12 abstentions.

The resolution "urges Iran to comply fully and without delay with its legal obligations" under existing UN Security Council

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