The UN nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday it had received new information on allegations of possible military dimensions to Iran’s controversial nuclear programme.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been investigating the Islamic republic’s disputed atomic drive for a number of years now, with a whole range of issues still unresolved, among them allegations that Iran had undertaken studies to build a nuclear payload for a missile.
In a restricted new report, a copy of which was obtained by AFP, the IAEA said that since its last report in February, it had “received further information related to such possible undisclosed nuclear related activities, which is currently being assessed”.
There were “indications that certain of these activities may have continued beyond 2004”.
IAEA director general Yukiya Amano had written to Iran’s vice president and head of the its atomic energy body, Fereydoun Abasi “reiterating its concerns,” and “expressing the importance of Iran clarifying these issues,” the report revealed.
But Tehran has not yet responded, according to a senior international official familiar with the IAEA’s investigation. — AFP