Iran Has Failed To Answer Questions On Uranium Discovered At Three Sites: IAEA Chief

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has been pushing Iran for answers on three sites dating back many years where inspections had revealed traces of uranium of man-made origin, suggesting they were once connected to Iran's nuclear programme.

The issue is separate from the ongoing negotiations aimed at bringing the United States back into Iran's 2015 nuclear accord with world powers.

Grossi said in March that Iran had agreed to sit down with international technical experts investigating the discovery, and said he hoped to 바카라�come to some satisfactory outcome바카라� by the time of the IAEA board meeting in June.

But in comments Monday to the IAEA's board of governors, Grossi said 바카라�after many months, Iran has not provided the necessary explanation for the presence of the nuclear material particles at any of the three locations where the agency has conducted complementary accesses.바카라� He said Iran also hasn't answered questions regarding another undeclared location.

바카라�The lack of progress in clarifying the agency's questions concerning the correctness and completeness of Iran's safeguards declarations seriously affects the ability of the agency to provide assurance of the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program," Grossi said.

바카라�For objectivity's sake, I should say that the Iranian government has reiterated its will to engage and to cooperate and to provide answers, but they haven't done that so far,바카라� he told reporters later. 바카라�So I hope this may change, but as we speak, we haven't had any concrete progress.바카라�