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With negotiations intensifying over Iran’s disputed nuclear activities, the country still has not answered longstanding questions over its possible atomic weapons work, according to a report released Thursday by the nuclear monitoring arm of the United Nations. | With negotiations intensifying over Iran’s disputed nuclear activities, the country still has not answered longstanding questions over its possible atomic weapons work, according to a report released Thursday by the nuclear monitoring arm of the United Nations. |
The report, by the International Atomic Energy Agency, was issued with barely a month before a late-March deadline for a framework agreement on the nuclear dispute under negotiation between Iran and six world powers including the United States. | The report, by the International Atomic Energy Agency, was issued with barely a month before a late-March deadline for a framework agreement on the nuclear dispute under negotiation between Iran and six world powers including the United States. |
While Iran has complied with provisions of an interim agreement, the agency said it “remains concerned about the possible existence in Iran of undisclosed nuclear related activities involving military-related organizations, including activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile.” | |
Because Iran had not provided explanations for the agency’s questions about all Iranian nuclear-related work, the report said, the agency was “not in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.” | Because Iran had not provided explanations for the agency’s questions about all Iranian nuclear-related work, the report said, the agency was “not in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.” |
The report, which was not released publicly, was obtained by The New York Times and other news organizations. | The report, which was not released publicly, was obtained by The New York Times and other news organizations. |
Its findings are important because Iran is obliged to answer all of the agency’s questions if a permanent agreement with the six powers is to be reached. The deadline for a comprehensive agreement is the end of June. | Its findings are important because Iran is obliged to answer all of the agency’s questions if a permanent agreement with the six powers is to be reached. The deadline for a comprehensive agreement is the end of June. |
Iran has insisted that all of its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes. | Iran has insisted that all of its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes. |
There was no immediate comment from Iranian officials on the report, which came as Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency said that high-level negotiations on reaching an agreement were to resume on Friday in Geneva, attended by representatives of Iran and the United States. | There was no immediate comment from Iranian officials on the report, which came as Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency said that high-level negotiations on reaching an agreement were to resume on Friday in Geneva, attended by representatives of Iran and the United States. |
The Iranian delegation will be led by the deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, and the United States delegation led by his counterpart, Wendy Sherman, the No. 3 official in the State Department. | The Iranian delegation will be led by the deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, and the United States delegation led by his counterpart, Wendy Sherman, the No. 3 official in the State Department. |
The Iranian news agency said the talks could be joined on Sunday by Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and Secretary of State John Kerry. | The Iranian news agency said the talks could be joined on Sunday by Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and Secretary of State John Kerry. |
It quoted Mr. Araqchi as saying that other members of the so-called P5-plus-one group negotiating with Iran — Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany — may join the talks afterward. | It quoted Mr. Araqchi as saying that other members of the so-called P5-plus-one group negotiating with Iran — Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany — may join the talks afterward. |