UN nuclear watchdog says Iran still withholding key information

[bananas]

Source: Reuters

The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Monday that Iran had still not handed over key information to his staff, and that his body's investigation into Tehran's atomic program could not continue indefinitely.

"Iran has yet to provide explanations that enable the agency to clarify two outstanding practical measures," chief Yukiya Amano told the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors in Vienna, echoing a report seen by Reuters last month.

The two measures relating to alleged explosives tests and other measures that might have been used for bomb research should have been addressed by Iran last August.

"The Agency is not in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities," Amano said.

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Read more: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/2/un-nuclear-watchdog-says-iran-still-withholding-key-information.html

[leftynyc]

1. Wow - and even being

reported by al jazeera. I'm sure someone will run along here to tell us that Iran is being the victim of bad press and the UN is filled with Islamophobes or something equally as moronic.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Negotiations will take care of this minor issue of verification.. let the favorable media blitz for Bibi begin.

Negotiations have to be in secret, the war mongers get to bang their war drums in public....I am with the toiling in silence peacemakers, the work they do is appreciated by some....the drum beaters are comical and predictable self serving enemies of peace.

[bananas]

3. Iran fails to provide key information on nuclear plan: IAEA

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/02/c_134031277.htm

Iran fails to provide key information on nuclear plan: IAEA
English.news.cn 2015-03-02 21:11:35 [More]

VIENNA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is not able to verify some outstanding issues about Iran's nuclear program as Tehran has not provided enough information, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Monday.

"Iran has yet to provide explanations that enable the agency to clarify two outstanding practical measures," IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said in a statement to a board meeting.

"The Agency is not in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities," he said.

He added that his agency remains ready to accelerate the resolution of all outstanding issues, but "this process cannot continue indefinitely."

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