U.N. nuclear watchdog sees 'good' progress with Iran, much work remains


  • World
  • Tuesday, 11 Feb 2014

Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi attends a news conference at the headquarters of the IAEA in Vienna December 11, 2013. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog signalled its determination on Monday to get to the bottom of suspicions that Iran may have worked on designing an atomic bomb, a day after Tehran agreed to start addressing the sensitive issue.

Chief U.N. nuclear inspector Tero Varjoranta said his team made good progress during February 8-9 talks in Tehran but that much work remained to clarify concerns about Iran's nuclear programme in an investigation that Western diplomats say the Islamic state has long stonewalled.

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