U.S. Envoy Walks Out of Nuclear Meeting over Iran's Israel Remark

(Reuters) Fredrik Dahl - The U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Joseph Macmanus, walked out of an agency meeting on Wednesday in protest when Iran's representative accused Israel of "genocide," diplomats said. Officials from Canada and Australia also left the meeting. Earlier, Macmanus had accused Iran of a "commitment to deception, defiance, and delay" in addressing IAEA concerns about possible nuclear weapons-related research.


2013-03-07 00:00:00

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