In an introductory statement to the UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors on Monday, Yukiya Amano said that since his previous report on Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the Iranian regime, “the Agency has received further information related to possible past or current undisclosed nuclear related activities that seem to point to the existence of possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear programme. There are indications that certain of these activities may have continued until recently.”
He referred to a letter he sent last month to Fereydoun Abbasi, Vice President of the Iranian regime and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, “reiterating the Agency’s concerns about the existence of possible military dimensions.”
He added, “I also requested that Iran provide prompt access to relevant locations, equipment, documentation and persons.”
Mr. Amano said he received a reply from Abbasi on 31 May, and “replied in turn in a letter to him dated 3 June, in which I reiterated the Agency’s requests to Iran.”
“The Agency continues to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran under its Safeguards Agreement, he said.”
He added, “However, Iran is not providing the necessary cooperation to enable the Agency to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.”