Iran given nuclear deadline

Iranian delegates walked out in protest today after the UN atomic agency gave them until the end of October to clear up suspicions about their nuclear aims.

An International Atomic Energy Agency resolution submitted by Australia, Canada and Japan, called on Iran to “provide accelerated cooperation” with agency efforts to clear up questions about Tehran’s nuclear programme.

It also urged Iran to “ensure there are no further failures,” in reporting obligations and called on it to ”suspend all further uranium enrichment-related activities, including the further introduction of nuclear material” into a facility where IAEA inspectors found traces of weapons-grade enriched uranium.

While setting an October 31 deadline, the resolution threatened no consequences.