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IAEA Says No Progress In Iran Inspection Talks

The International Atomic Energy Agency's chief inspector Herman Nackaerts

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By RFE/RL

June 08, 2012

The UN nuclear watchdog has said new talks with Iran failed to result in a deal allowing greater access to Tehran's contested nuclear program.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said no agreement was reached during a fifth round of talks with Tehran on a planned investigation of alleged nuclear weapons projects. The IAEA said in a statement on June 8 that "there has been no progress and ... Iran raised issues that we have already discussed and added new ones."

Chief inspector Herman Nackaerts called the lack of progress "disappointing."

Iran's IAEA envoy, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said the talks on access to sites were very complex and would therefore take more time.

The IAEA was expected to press Iran to agree to a new deal under which UN inspectors would be permitted to visit suspected nuclear sites.

With reporting by Afp and dpa

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by: Justin

June 09, 2012 02:46

There will be nothing against to Iran. It is just propaganda, Iran already cooperation in military operation with USA. And US supporting to produce narcotics in Afghanistan. USA gaining from existing of Talibans in Afghanistan, otherwise Afghanistan could developed fast.
Instead of suppressing drug traffic US military transferring narcotics to Europe through Iran.
So they r propagating bullshit against Iran.......

by: Frank from: London

June 09, 2012 13:34

"there has been no progress and ... Iran raised issues that we have already discussed and added new ones."

Barbara Slavin's comment comes to mind "negotiating with the Iranians is like trying to eat soup with a fork".

Soltanieh said " the talks on access to sites were very complex and would therefore take more time."

It does take time if you don't like eating humble pie. Also evidence of past neutron emissions (e.g. from testing a nuclear trigger device) in the alleged explosion chamber at Parchin) takes time to get rid of: grinding down the surfaces and washing away the dust surely just moves the tell-tale isotopes (unintentionally formed from being bashed by neutrons?) from one location to another (matter can neither be created nor destroyed?). The Iranians are perhaps hoping for the evidence to be dispersed by weathering and more time?