The latest IAEA report released today shows that little substantive headway has been made in the long-running investigation by the UN nuclear watchdog agency into alleged research and development activities by Iran on explosive devices that could be used in nuclear weapons. (Reuters, 5 September)
Lack of progress and
non-compliance with the five-step transparency agreement Iran signed with IAEA
last November could complicate efforts in reaching a comprehensive nuclear
deal between Iran and the world powers by the 24 November deadline. Iran
said last week that it had complied with three out of the five steps in the
IAEA agreement, but the two issues dealing with detonators and the R&D site
have not been resolved yet.
File photo: IAEA flag at its Vienna headquarters (IAEA)
File photo: IAEA flag at its Vienna headquarters (IAEA)
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