No real progress on Iran nuclear dossier: diplomats

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

VIENNA (AFP) — Iran is continuing to stonewall the UN nuclear watchdog's investigations into allegations it has carried out studies to design a nuclear weapon, diplomats said on Friday.

As the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) prepares to publish its latest report on its long-running investigation into Iran's disputed atomic drive, diplomats said they expected no real progress on the alleged studies, a key issue still to be resolved regarding Tehran's past nuclear activities.

Tehran has insisted that a series of recent visits by the IAEA inspectors to discuss the issue had gone well.

But one western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP Tehran had moved little beyond asserting that the allegations were baseless and that the...