U.N. nuclear watchdog sees 'good' progress with Iran, much work remains
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog signalled its determination on Monday to get to the bottom of suspicions that Iran may have worked on designing an atomic bomb, a day after Tehran agreed to start addressing the sensitive issue.
Chief U.N. nuclear inspector Tero Varjoranta said his team made good progress during February 8-9 talks in Tehran but that much work remained to clarify concerns about Iran's nuclear programme in an investigation that Western diplomats say the Islamic state has long stonewalled.
"There are still a lot of outstanding issues," Varjoranta, deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said at Vienna airport after returning from the Iranian capital. "We will address them all in due course."
Iran denies Western allegations it seeks the capability to make nuclear weapons, saying such claims are baseless and fabricated by its foes. Years of hostile rhetoric and sabre-rattling raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East.
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