International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano reaches for paper before an IAEA meeting in Vienna June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader
VIENNA (Reuters) - China and Russia joined four Western powers in pressing Iran on Wednesday to cooperate with a stalled investigation by the U.N. nuclear agency into suspected atomic research by the Islamic state.
In a joint statement intended to signal their unity in the decade-old dispute over Iran's nuclear programme, the six powers said they were "deeply concerned" about the country's atomic activities. Iran denies having any nuclear weapons agenda.
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