IAEA establishes "Iran Task Force" – report

PanARMENIAN.Net - An internal UN nuclear agency document has announced the establishment of an "Iran Task Force" to add muscle to its probe of suspicions that Tehran might be attempting to make atomic arms, reported The Associated Press, which obtained the doc.

Dated Wednesday, Aug 29, the International Atomic Energy Agency statement says the unit will work on implementing IAEA agreements with Iran allowing it to monitor its nuclear activities as mandated by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

It also says it will also focus on "relevant" IAEA and U.N Security Council resolutions on Iran. Both have demanded that Tehran stop activities that could be used to make nuclear weapons and cooperate with the agency's investigation of suspicions Tehran worked on nuclear weapons.

Iran denies any interest in such arms and says all its nuclear activities are peaceful.