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“Iran is stifling a
United Nations probe of its alleged storage of nuclear equipment and
radioactive material in Tehran,” reports the Wall Street Journal, citing
diplomats as their source.
“Iran has refused to
provide answers to important questions raised by the U.N.’s International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over allegations that Iran had established a
now-dismantled site in Tehran to store equipment and material used during past
nuclear weapons work,” say the diplomats, according to the newspaper report.
It is the first time Iran
seems to have refused to cooperate with the IAEA’s monitoring of its activities
since the nuclear deal with six world powers was implemented in January 2016,
says the Wall Street Journal.
On Friday, The Washington
Free Beacon reported that an “upcoming report” by the IAEA “includes
new language suggesting the Islamic
Republic has not been cooperating with international nuclear
inspectors who are mandated to provide oversight on the Islamic Republic’s
weapons program.” The news outlet cited multiple sources familiar with the
contents of the report.
The Washington Free Beacon,stated that the report was
said to show that Iran “has stopped adhering to its transparency commitments
under the landmark Obama-era nuclear agreement.”
For his part, Iran’s
President Hassan Rouhani charged Tuesday that European countries are failing to
implement their commitments following the U.S.
pullout from the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.
Iranian state TV quoted
Rouhani as saying that the Europeans “did not carry out their task.”
The comments come as
Iranian diplomat
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