UN plans next Iran probe

A senior UN nuclear expert plans to revisit Tehran after a “good trip”, indicating progress on his team’s quest to probe suspicions the Islamic Republic is working on an atomic arms programme.

Yesterday’s announce-ment from Herman Nackaerts came shortly after his group landed at Vienna airport after three days of discussions with Iranian officials in Tehran.

While he gave no details on what the International Atomic Energy Agency experts achieved, diplo-mats said their aim was to break Iranian resistance to talking about the weapons programme allegations.