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INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officials prepared yesterday to close the books on a decade-long inquiry into allegations that Iran worked on nuclear weapons.
The probe has to be formally closed as part of a deal between Iran and six nations to curtail Iranian nuclear programmes capable of making such weapons in exchange for removal of economic sanctions.
IAEA director-general Yukiya Amano accepted that his investigation could not “reconstruct all the details of activities conducted by Iran in the past.”
But he repeated his assessment that Tehran worked on “a range of activities relevant” to making nuclear weapons, with co-ordinated efforts up to 2003 tapering off into scattered activities up to 2009.
Iran has always denied the intention of having nuclear weapons, damning them as “un-Islamic.”
The EU issued a statement indicating a willingness to move on, avoiding criticism of Iran over its alleged weapons research and development programme and simply noting the IAEA conclusion.
