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Iran 'nuclear questions remain' Iran 'nuclear questions remain'
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Iran has supplied new data about its nuclear programme but failed to resolve all outstanding questions by this month's deadline, the IAEA has said. Iran has supplied new data about its nuclear programme but not enough to prove it is not building a bomb, says the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The UN nuclear watchdog claimed in its latest report Iran had not responded fully to its queries about past efforts to "weaponise" nuclear material. The UN nuclear watchdog praised Iran for its co-operation but said it remained evasive on some questions.
Western countries fear Iran is refusing to suspend uranium enrichment because it wants to produce a nuclear weapon. Iran was still enriching uranium in defiance of UN resolutions and was testing advanced equipment to speed up the process, the report said.
Tehran denies this, insisting the programme is solely for electricity. Iran refuses to stop enriching uranium, claiming it is to generate electricity.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran had finally granted its monitors access to nuclear component development sites. More sanctions?
But the agency concluded it could not be certain, on the basis of the information provided, that Tehran's programme was not designed to make nuclear bombs. The IAEA said Iran had finally granted its monitors access to previously off-limits nuclear component development sites.
The UN Security Council has already imposed two rounds of sanctions on Iran and could decide as early as next week whether or not to toughen its stance. But it claimed Iran had not responded fully to its queries about past efforts to "weaponise" nuclear material.
Earlier this month President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said it would be a serious mistake for the Security Council to proceed with new resolutions against Iran. And the agency concluded it could not be certain, on the basis of the information provided, that the programme was not designed to make nuclear bombs.
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Tehran says the report could result within days in a third round of sanctions by the Security Council.
Our correspondent says Iran had been hoping for a clean bill of health but instead the IAEA's mixed report will probably spark new confrontations with the West over its disputed nuclear programme.
Earlier this month President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said it would be a serious mistake for the Security Council to pass new resolutions against Iran.