“All the activities in the roadmap for the clarification of past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were implemented in accordance with the agreed schedule and further notes that this closes the board’s consideration of this item”, the resolution noted.
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The United Nations Security Council concluded that Iran’s October 10 missile launch violated a resolution prohibiting Tehran from launching ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) said in a statement that it “deplores” the IAEA’s decision to close the probe into an Iranian nuclear weapons program.
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Part of that deal called for the IAEA to end its investigation and certify Iran’s cooperation, before the sanctions placed on Iran because of its alleged nuclear activity will be lifted.
However, John Kerry, the U.S. secretary of state, stressed that investigations could resume if there were signs of Iran restarting research related to nuclear weapons.
Despite the finding – the clearest indication yet by the IAEA, after 12 years of investigation, that Iran was trying to develop an atom bomb even though it denies that accusation – the global response to the report has been muted.
Most individual and global sanctions imposed on Iran will be lifted once the IAEA confirms Iran’s compliance. The agreement trades Iran sanctions relief for restrictions on its nuclear program.
“We intend to keep working with council members so as to acknowledge and respond appropriately to this serious incident”, she said, adding that there had been other similar violations by Iran recently. Harking back to standard language from Washington, he said the United Nations agency’s assessment wasn’t surprising, considering “Iran’s long history of concealment, denial and deception”.
The most blatant example of Iranian mendacity is “its conduct around the Parchin facility, where the Iranians tried to cover up evidence of their illegal activity”, the statement said.
On Tuesday, the Iranian senior nuclear negotiator, Abbas Araqchi, also said that following the IAEA resolution, the removal of global and Western sanctions against Iran will begin in early January 2016, according to official IRNA news agency. Although Iran has warned the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that ending the enquiry would encourage Iran to re start development of Nuclear weapons. Beyond the IAEA board, however, some have argued that a full examination of Iran’s past violations of its nuclear non-proliferation obligations has been sacrificed for the sake of the political agreement clinched in Vienna in July.
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Questions continue to be raised about Iran’s weapons programs.
