UN: Iran aiding probe of alleged nuke arms work

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Last Updated : Jun 02 2014 | 5:45 PM IST
The head of the UN nuclear agency says Iran is cooperating "substantively" with a probe of suspicions that Tehran may have worked secretly on atomic arms.
But Yukiya Amano suggests that it is too early to make a judgement.
Iran recently submitted documents to Amano's International Atomic Energy Agency for the first time, to back its claim that its tests with a special kind of detonator were meant only for civilian purposes. It denies any interest in nuclear arms.
But agency officials say they have other documentation indicating that the experiments were linked to research on setting off a nuclear charge.
Amano told the agency's 35-nation board today that his experts are analysing the information.
The detonator suspicions are only part of a wide range of alleged weapons-related experiments.
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First Published: Jun 02 2014 | 5:45 PM IST

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