Iran to stop co-operating with UN nuclear experts
July 25, 2008
The Globe and Mail
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Vienna -- Iran signalled yesterday that it will no longer co-operate with UN experts probing for signs of clandestine nuclear weapons work, confirming the investigation is at a dead end a year after it began.
The announcement from Iranian Vice-President Gholam Reza Aghazadeh compounded skepticism about denting Tehran's nuclear defiance, just five days after it stonewalled demands from six world powers that it halt activities capable of producing the fissile core of warheads. Investigating such allegations is outside the domain of the agency, he said after meeting with Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Any further queries will be dealt with in another way, he said, without going into detail.