Vienna, March 06: The UN nuclear watchdog IAEA starts its board meeting from Monday with the Iranian nuclear issue still deadlocked but amid slight progress on Syria’s disputed programme.
In its last report on Iran, the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose 35-member board of governors will meet from Monday to Friday in Vienna, said it had “new information” of possible military dimensions to Tehran’s programme.
“Iran is not engaging with the agency in substance on issues concerning the allegation that Iran is developing a nuclear payload for its missile programme,” it said, calling again for more cooperation.
For eight years now, the IAEA has been investigating Iran’s nuclear programme to try to establish whether it is entirely peaceful as Iran claims or masks a covert drive to build a bomb as western powers believe.
–PTI