Iran is ready to answer the U.N. atomic agency’s questions about its nuclear program, a senior official was quoted as saying ahead of talks on Saturday expected to broach sensitive military-related issues.
The International Atomic Energy Agency wants Iran to finally start addressing long-held suspicions it researched how to build atomic bombs.
One Vienna-based envoy said there was an expectation that at least one issue related to the IAEA’s inquiry into what it calls the “possible military dimensions” to Iran’s nuclear program would be among the next steps to be taken by Tehran.
“It is quite a crucial meeting,” the diplomat added.
The IAEA wants Iran to clarify activities in a range of areas of potential application to developing bombs, including various experiments and computer calculations.
The IAEA’s investigation is focused on the question of whether Iran sought atomic bomb technology in the past to determine whether such work has since stopped.