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Iran criticised in new UN report UN nuclear agency criticises Iran
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The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran is continuing to enrich uranium in defiance of a UN Security Council resolution. The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has not resolved questions about a possible military dimension to Iran's nuclear programme.
In its latest report, the UN watchdog says it has been unable to clear up questions about a possible military dimension to Iran's nuclear work. In its latest report, the UN nuclear watchdog said it had failed to make meaningful progress in assessing Iran's past nuclear activities.
Iran confirmed the lack of progress but blamed the watchdog for not adopting an appropriate approach in negotiations. Iran was also continuing to enrich uranium in defiance of a UN Security Council resolution, it said.
Iran says it is enriching uranium only for civilian atomic energy. The IAEA called on Iran to provide greater access to investigators.
Western nations accuse Iran of seeking to develop a nuclear weapon. Iran says its nuclear programme is aimed solely at civilian atomic energy, but Western nations accuse Iran of seeking to develop a nuclear weapon.
'No credible assurances'
In its report, the IAEA said that Iran was failing to cooperate with its investigators.In its report, the IAEA said that Iran was failing to cooperate with its investigators.
As a result, the IAEA "regrettably has not been able to make any substantive progress" on key issues which remain of serious concern, it said. In May, the UN watchdog said Tehran was withholding information about projects to develop a nuclear warhead, convert uranium and test high explosives.
The report, which will be discussed by the IAEA's board of governors next week, calls for Iran to show greater transparency and allow investigators greater access. It called for access to key sites, documents and officials so that investigators could assess Iran's position that its nuclear work was for peaceful purposes.
But, said the IAEA, no such access had been granted.
"Regrettably the agency has not been able to make any substantial progress on the alleged studies and other associated key remaining issues which remain of serious concern," the report said.
Without greater transparency from Iran, the IAEA would "not be able to provide credible assurances about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran", it added.
Iran says documentation on its alleged projects has been fabricated.
The report also said that Iran was continuing to install new cascades of centrifuges to enrich uranium in defiance of a UN Security Council order.
The report will be discussed by the IAEA's board of governors next week.