UN plea to Iran to allow more nuclear inspections

THE head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency yesterday appealed to Iran to cooperate with additional inspections to prove the peaceful nature of its nuclear programmes.

With reports that Iran may be trying to develop a nuclear arsenal, along with worries about North Korea, experts are questioning whether it’s really possible to stop countries, let alone terrorists, from acquiring such weapons. The week-long meeting of the board of governors of the

International Atomic Energy Agency began 10 days after an internal report claimed that Iran failed to honour promises to disclose its use of nuclear material. The United States wants the agency to declare Iran in violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.