Iran-IAEA End Meeting on Possible Military Dimension to Iranian Nuclear Program. (UOI).
Iran and IAEA held a meeting today in Vienna to continue their discussions on the contentious issue of the existence of a possible military dimension to Iran’s nuclear program in the past, Reuters reported.
The outcome of talks could affect the all-important Iran-P5+1 talks, also in Vienna, that will start on Tuesday.
IAEA, as part of an ongoing investigation, wanted Iran to provide full information about alleged work on fast-acting detonators that could be used to set off a nuclear explosive device. The work reportedly took place at Parchin military complex near Tehran.
Under a transparency and cooperation pact agreed with the IAEA in November, however, Iran was to take seven measures by 15 May to remove all ambiguities about its nuclear work, past and present - One of the steps agreed on was further clarification from Iran about the devices, the so-called Explosive Bridge Wire (EBW) detonators. IAEA had said before today’s meeting that the information provided by Iran on EBW detonators had not resolved the issue.
Contrary to usual practice, Iran and IAEA did not issue any statements at the end of their meeting today; raising speculations that IAEA is still not fully satisfied with the information it was given.
Iran could be also buying time to cut a final deal with P5+1 before disclosing any alleged past weapons work. A comprehensive final agreement, if achieved, would probably make IAEA’s investigation moot.
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