U.S. gives Iran until March to cooperate with IAEA

haaretz.com
November 30, 2012

The United States set a March deadline on Thursday for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a UN nuclear agency investigation, warning Tehran the issue may otherwise be referred to the UN Security Council.

The comments by U.S. diplomat Robert Wood to the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency signaled Washington’s growing frustration at a lack of progress in the IAEA’s inquiry into possible military dimensions to Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iran – which was first reported to the UN Security Council over its nuclear program by the IAEA’s 35-nation board in 2006 and then was hit by UN sanctions – rejects suspicions it is on a covert quest for atomic bomb capability.

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This article was posted: Friday, November 30, 2012 at 12:11 pm

Tags: foreign affairs, technology, war

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