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UN Nuclear Agency Opted Against Sensitive Iran Report

(Reuters) Fredrik Dahl and Louis Charbonneau - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has apparently dropped the idea of a new report on Iran that might have revealed more of its suspected atomic bomb research, but held off as Tehran's relations with the outside world thawed, sources familiar with the matter said. A decision not to go ahead with the new document may raise questions about information that the UN agency has gathered in the last two years on what it calls the "possible military dimensions" (PMD) to Iran's nuclear program. The sources suggested the more recent material concerned extra detail about research and experiments that were covered in the November 2011 report. A new report would have included "updated information on PMD" which could have "reinforced the concern" about Iran, one said. The IAEA's dossier in November 2011 contained a trove of intelligence indicating past activity in Iran which could be used for developing nuclear weapons, some of which it said might still be continuing. Since then the agency has said it obtained more information that backs up its analysis in the 2011 document.
2014-02-28 00:00:00
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