U.N. nuclear watchdog says 'Obama's new BFF' Iran still withholding key information.

U.N. nuclear watchdog says 'Obama's new BFF' Iran still withholding key information. (Reuters).


The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog said on Monday Iran had still not handed over key information to his staff, and his body's investigation into Tehran's atomic program could not continue indefinitely.

"Iran has yet to provide explanations that enable the agency to clarify two outstanding practical measures," chief Yukiya Amano told the body's Board of Governors in Vienna, echoing a report seen by Reuters last month.

The two measures relating to alleged explosives tests and other measures that might have been used for bomb research should have been addressed by Iran by last August.

"The Agency is not in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities," Amano said.

The Agency remains ready to accelerate the resolution of all outstanding issues, he added, but "this process cannot continue indefinitely".

Amano added that he remained seriously concerned about the nuclear activities of North Korea which quit the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1993. The IAEA has not had inspectors on the ground there since they were expelled by North Korea in 2009. Hmmmm.....Geesh i wonder why North Korea and Iran are BFF?

Iranian generals meet with North Korean nuclear chiefs, known as the "Mushroom Cloud Heads"

Hi there natsec journalists. Watch live right now as IAEA explains how #Iran still stonewalling nuke investigation: http://t.co/L3vMZ54svF

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