Yukiya Amano: ’Iran has failed to take 2 very major steps’

The Director General of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Friday that ‘Iran has to clarify issues’ relating to ‘possible military dimension’ of its nuclear activities.
Director General Yukiya Amano , who spoke at the Brookings Institute in Washington, offered a summary of the agency’s dealings with Iran on its nuclear program since August 2002, when it was first revealed by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) that the Iranian regime was building a secret underground nuclear facility in Natanz.
Speaking about the agency’s investigation into ‘possible military dimension’ of Iran’s nuclear program Amano said: “Iran has to clarify these issues because there is broadly credible information indicating that it engaged in activities of this nature.”
“In other words,” he added, “Iran has a case to answer.”
The IAEA has still not been able to gather enough concrete evidence to convince the international community that Iranian regime is not using its nuclear material to make weapons.
Yukiya Amano said the investigation into the Iranian regime’s nuclear program for now is stalled.
He said Iran needs to clarify some of its past nuclear work and implement the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that allows snap inspections of its nuclear facilities and this is an “essential” step for the IAEA to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear materials and activities in the country.
“We cannot provide assurance that all material in Iran is for peaceful purposes,” Amano said.
“In order to provide that assurance, Iran needs to clarify issues related to possible military dimension and implement the additional protocol.”