UN closing the books on decade-long nuclear probe of Iran
- 8 years ago
The U.N. nuclear agency prepared Tuesday to close the books on a decade-long probe of allegations that Iran worked on atomic arms, despite acknowledgement by its head that his investigation remains incomplete.
The probe has to be formally closed as part of a deal between Iran and six nations to crimp present Iranian nuclear programs that could be used to make such weapons, in exchange for the removal of economic sanctions.
At the same time he repeated an assessment he made last month, that Iran worked on "a range of activities relevant" to making nuclear weapons, with coordinated efforts up to 2003 tapering off into scattered activities up to 2009.
The probe has to be formally closed as part of a deal between Iran and six nations to crimp present Iranian nuclear programs that could be used to make such weapons, in exchange for the removal of economic sanctions.
At the same time he repeated an assessment he made last month, that Iran worked on "a range of activities relevant" to making nuclear weapons, with coordinated efforts up to 2003 tapering off into scattered activities up to 2009.