State Dep’t Won’t Confirm It Is Concerned About Iran’s Nuclear Cheating

The State Department on Monday insisted that Iran is meeting its obligations under an interim nuclear agreement, but declined to comment on allegations in a news report that Iran is breaching U.N. sanctions by continuing to procure equipment for a heavy-water plutonium reactor.
Secretary of State John Kerry has stated that it would be “unacceptable” to allow Iran to operate the reactor at Arak under a final agreement still being negotiated. He and others in the administration have also said repeatedly that the Iranians have “frozen” all progress at Arak.

 

But a Foreign Policy report published Monday said the U.S. had in recent months informed a U.N. Security Council sanctions panel that Iran has stepped up efforts to procure equipment illicitly for the reactor, which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) calls IR-40.

 

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