IAEA: Investigation into Iran program without progress

Head of the UN Agency for Atomic Energy (IAEA) Yukiya Amano says there has ben no progress in eliminating concerns about Iran's nuclear program.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 29.11.2012.

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VIENNA Head of the UN Agency for Atomic Energy (IAEA) Yukiya Amano says there has ben no progress in eliminating concerns about Iran's nuclear program. He emphasized the urgent need to act through diplomatic channels to resolve the crisis. IAEA: Investigation into Iran program without progress "No concrete results have been achieved," Amano told the agency's managing board meeting, AP reported. He once again called on Iran to immediately provide access to its military complex Parchin, where the IAEA suspects trials are being run to develop nuclear weapons. Amano expressed concern that satellite images showed, as he said, "large-scale activities" in the complex, including the removal and replacement of large amounts of the soil, stressing that it could seriously undermine the IAEA investigation, in case the visit of its experts were to be approved. Stressing that the UN agency was "strongly committed to dialogue," Amano said that opportunity should be seized urgently to undertake diplomatic efforts to avert a crisis regarding Iran's nuclear activities, the news agency AFP reported. The IAEA chief announced that negotiations with Iran on this issue would continue on December 13. Since 2007, a number of sanctions have been imposed against Iran because the West fears that the country wants to build a nuclear bomb. Iran denies this and says its nuclear program is designed for peaceful purposes, while it was announced on Wednesday in Tehran the country would to enrich uranium "with all its might". (Beta/AP, file) Tanjug

IAEA: Investigation into Iran program without progress

"No concrete results have been achieved," Amano told the agency's managing board meeting, AP reported.

He once again called on Iran to immediately provide access to its military complex Parchin, where the IAEA suspects trials are being run to develop nuclear weapons.

Amano expressed concern that satellite images showed, as he said, "large-scale activities" in the complex, including the removal and replacement of large amounts of the soil, stressing that it could seriously undermine the IAEA investigation, in case the visit of its experts were to be approved.

Stressing that the UN agency was "strongly committed to dialogue," Amano said that opportunity should be seized urgently to undertake diplomatic efforts to avert a crisis regarding Iran's nuclear activities, the news agency AFP reported.

The IAEA chief announced that negotiations with Iran on this issue would continue on December 13.

Since 2007, a number of sanctions have been imposed against Iran because the West fears that the country wants to build a nuclear bomb.

Iran denies this and says its nuclear program is designed for peaceful purposes, while it was announced on Wednesday in Tehran the country would to enrich uranium "with all its might".

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