Washington, 10 June (WashingtonTV)—United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that Iran must assure the international community of the peaceful nature of its nuclear program. “They complain that they are not able to have this peaceful use of nuclear energy, but there is clearly a lack of confidence,” Ban said in an interview with the Bloomberg news network. He added: “When it comes to credibility and trust, that is not what we have yet from Iran.”
Iran, which has defied UN Security Council demands to halt its uranium enrichment program, rejects Western accusations that its nuclear program has a military aim.
According to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] released on Friday, Iran has so far amassed 1,339 kilograms of low-enriched uranium.
The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog also said that a number of “outstanding issues” remain which are preventing the agency from verifying the exclusive peaceful nature of Iran’s atomic work.
Iran’s envoy to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said on Monday that Tehran would continue to “cooperate” with the agency, but that Iran’s nuclear dossier must be taken off the agenda of the IAEA’s Board of Governors, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
US President Barack Obama has said that Washington was willing to hold direct talks with Tehran to resolve the nuclear row. However, he has repeatedly asserted that I… >>>
