Bloomberg - Iran said it is committed to collaborating with the International Atomic Energy Agency, days after the United Nations watchdog adopted a resolution calling for additional inspections at the country�s nuclear sites.

�Iran is ready to continue to accept the IAEA�s legal inspections,� President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday in a cabinet meeting broadcast on state TV. �Iran is ready to maintain close cooperation with the IAEA within legal frameworks.�

The resolution approved on Friday calls on Iran to allow inspections at two sites that may have hosted low-level nuclear activities two decades ago. Tehran rejected the resolution and said it would deliver an �appropriate response.� Its envoy to the IAEA warned that the agency risked �destroying� the Islamic Republic�s nuclear deal with five world powers.

The 2015 accord has already been severely compromised by the Trump administration�s withdrawal two years ago and imposition of bruising sanctions. On Wednesday, Rouhani said his country isn�t waiting to see the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November, and is �ready to negotiate the moment the White House and the U.S. Congress decide to leave their misguided path and return to the P5+1 group� of nations that signed the agreement.

He didn�t say what the substance of those negotiations would be.

The IAEA resolution was the first formal rebuke of Iran since 2012.

�It is easy for the Islamic Republic to give a decisive response, but the IAEA should be careful not to get derailed from its path,� Rouhani said.