UN Closing the Books on Decade-Long Nuke Probe of Iran

The White House said on Tuesday that it would not rule out additional steps against Tehran over the missile test.

United States among four others had asked a UN Security Council sanctions committee to investigate the launch.

“It is critically important that the United Nations Security Council continue to enforce the resolutions that government Iran’s acquisition and development of missile technology”, Reps.

The report said the missile had a range of at least 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and up to 1,300 kilometers, and a payload of at least 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) and up to 1,400 kilograms. But the experts’ report noted that “ballistic missile launches would be covered” under the July 20 resolution.

The probe had to be formally closed as part of an Iran-six nation nuclear deal crimping present Iranian nuclear programs that could be used to make such weapons in exchange for sanctions relief for Tehran. But if Washington failed to call for sanctions it would likely be perceived as weakness.

Iran has violated U.N.travel sanctions by sending General Qassem Soleimani, a man responsible for the death of American troops in Iraq, on a visit to Russian Federation.

The nuclear Agency did not find any credible indications of the diversion of nuclear material in connection with the possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear program, according to Amano.

Noting that formal closure of the issue negates a series of critical IAEA resolutions against his country, he proclaimed Tuesday a “historic day” that opens the path to closer co-operation both with the agency and its member nations.

In the agency’s report, circulated early this month, it was clear that Iran hadn’t offered clear answers to a number of questions raised about its past work.

Opponents say that by failing to insist upon a full accounting of Iran’s past nuclear work now, when the USA and its partners still have the leverage of sanctions, the West is signaling to Tehran it won’t strictly enforce the agreement.

Adopted in 2010, Resolution 1929 prohibits Tehran from conducting launches of ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.

“NAM reiterates its principled position that diplomacy and dialogue are the only way for a long term solution of Iran’s nuclear issue”, he said. Those nuclear weapons-related activities were banned under several U.N. Security Council resolutions.

When the sanctions are lifted, payments for Iranian supplies can be done in major global currencies, including United States dollars, directly from buyer to seller using the SWIFT network.

Western negotiators, including Kerry, came under criticism for provisions in the final deal that gave the IAEA authority to mold the nuclear inspections regime in Iran privately and without input from the worldwide community – an arrangement panned by critics as tantamount to “secret side deals”.