IAEA ends 12-year investigation into Iran’s nuclear programme

Since then, though, the IAEA said, it found no evidence that Tehran continued on that track beyond that point.

Iran has deeply been concerned with PMD of its nuclear program and has been waging efforts so that the Board closes the case once and for all.

Amano hailed the “very important milestone”.

They have also highlighted, however, that even after the investigation of Iran’s past is closed, the IAEA will continue to police Tehran’s activities.

Speaking with CNN foreign affairs correspondent Jill Dougherty in Tokyo, Secretary of State John Kerry said he’d discussed with Japanese officials the contention that students in other countries are increasingly affraid to study in the U.S. because of… “We can not be complacent”.

The finding from the panel could trigger moves to impose sanctions on Iran, although such a decision would require agreement from China and Russian Federation.

It also has to change the design of a new nuclear reactor being built at Arak and shrink its stock of low-enriched uranium, shipping it to Russian Federation. Najafi said that transfer would be completed “within two or three days”.

In response to the report, the White House said it would not rule out additional punitive steps toward Iran that were consistent with U.S. national security. The US reaction, however, is likely to take awhile.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee – a pro-Israel interest group in the US – condemned the IAEA vote.

The Chinese delegate to the United Nations nuclear agency has responded to the resolution, saying it could facilitate the launch of the agreement that Iran has reached with the P5 plus 1 countries.

“Nothing has changed”, she declared.

Iran has always insisted that the goal of its nuclear program was peaceful and that it has no intention of developing nuclear weapons. “On the basis of its analysis and findings the Panel concludes that Emad launch is a violation by Iran of paragraph 9 of Security Council resolution 1929”.

The JCPOA- the comprehensive nuclear accord reached by Iran and world powers last summer- is meant to cap Iran’s nuclear work and allow for strict worldwide monitoring in exchange for sanctions relief.

Iran claims none of its missiles is created to carry nuclear weapons.

Before the resolution’s adoption, agency head Yukiya Amano told the board that his investigation couldn’t “reconstruct all the details of activities conducted by Iran in the past”.

It remained unclear whether the Security Council will take any action. Iran is expected to ship this material to Russian Federation.

Under that deal, Iran must shrink its nuclear program.

The experts’ report noted that ballistic missile launches would still be covered by the July 20 resolution.

“Iran is continuing to focus on further improvement of the performance of its existing ballistic missile system with a particular focus on accuracy”, said the report.

He said it “will obviously boost the strategic deterrence capability of our armed forces”.

Picture obtained from the Iranian ISNA news agency on December 16, 2009 shows the test-firing of a medium-range missile.

Tehran was believed to have the largest ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East and has developed a 2,000-km missile.