Final UN Iran probe report likely inconclusive
The conclusions of a secret U.N. nuclear agency document leaked six years ago were explosive.
This week, the bitter debate that for years pitted Iranian denials against US claims of a cover-up appears set for an anticlimactic ending, with a final report from the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency expected to stop short of proving or disproving the claims.
Iran's refusal to address those demands led since 2006 to a series of U.N. Security Council resolutions and sanctions against Tehran - and until recently the latent threat of US, and Israeli military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities.
Those threats have diminished - and Washington's priorities have shifted - with the signing of a July 14 nuclear deal the US engineered with the Islamic Republic.
The IAEA's 35-nation board then is scheduled to approve a resolution drawn up by six nations that signed the deal with Iran - the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany - that puts the issue to rest.
This week, the bitter debate that for years pitted Iranian denials against US claims of a cover-up appears set for an anticlimactic ending, with a final report from the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency expected to stop short of proving or disproving the claims.
Iran's refusal to address those demands led since 2006 to a series of U.N. Security Council resolutions and sanctions against Tehran - and until recently the latent threat of US, and Israeli military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities.
Those threats have diminished - and Washington's priorities have shifted - with the signing of a July 14 nuclear deal the US engineered with the Islamic Republic.
The IAEA's 35-nation board then is scheduled to approve a resolution drawn up by six nations that signed the deal with Iran - the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany - that puts the issue to rest.