U.N.:
Interim deal to help show any military side of Iran nuclear past
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[June 08, 2015]
VIENNA (Reuters) - Any possible
military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program can be clarified if the
details of a preliminary deal sealed in April between Tehran and six
world powers are implemented, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said
on Monday.
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Iran has been stalling an investigation by the International
Atomic Energy Agency into its nuclear program. The agency is yet to
set a deadline for a final assessment, although it has said the
process will not be open-ended.
The investigation is running in parallel with political talks
between Iran and the six powers which are meant to end in a final
agreement at the end of this month.
"I am confident that the clarification of issues with possible
military dimensions is possible within a reasonable timeframe if
Iran implements the measures envisaged in the (preliminary)...
announcement," IAEA head Yukiya Amano said, according to the text of
a speech.
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separate U.N. investigation into possible military dimensions of
Iran's past activities to the political talks Iran is holding with
the United States, France, Britain, China, Russia and Germany.
As part of the initial deal reached in April in Switzerland, Iran
was to implement a so-called Additional Protocol giving the IAEA
more intrusive access to facilities in Iran. Iranian officials have
been giving conflicting messages about what kind of access would be
granted to crucial military sites.
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"Implementation by Iran of the Additional Protocol will ...
significantly increase the Agency’s ability to provide credible
assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and
activities in (Iran)," Amano said.
Diplomats have voiced concern that once sanctions relief is granted
to Iran in exchange for it curbing its nuclear program under any
final deal, there will be little incentive for Tehran to disclose
all details of its past activities to the IAEA.
(Reporting By Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Gareth Jones and Hugh
Lawson)
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