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Iran demands closure of UN nuclear watchdog probe |
2015-11-30 |
[DAWN] Iran said on Sunday there would be "no final implementation" of a nuclear deal with world powers unless a probe into allegations of past weapons research is closed. The declaration, by a top security official, comes after the head of the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA said a report into the possible military dimensions of Iran's activities would not be "black and white". Iran has always denied seeking to develop an atomic weapons capability, insisting its nuclear programme is for peaceful energy production and medical purposes only. Referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the July 14 agreement's official name, Admiral Ali Shamkhani, said anything short of the watchdog's probe being closed was "unacceptable to Iran". "Without the closure of the file regarding past issues, there is no possibility of implementing the JCPOA," the official IRNA news agency reported him as saying. |
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