Iran probe hampered by blind spots: IAEA chief

VIENNA—The UN atomic agency’s investigation of Iran’s nuclear program is still being hampered by unanswered questions about sensitive work hidden by Tehran for almost two decades, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei said in comments.
“When we ask questions in Iran, we ask them because we want to reconstruct the ‘history.’ What did Iran procure? Who was involved? What was a certain experiment for? When and where did it take place?,” ElBaradei said.
The comments were made last week at the end of a closed-door session of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation board of governors, in which they shelved indefinitely appeals for technical aid for an Iranian nuclear reactor.
Tehran insists the reactor is for peaceful purposes only, but the United States argues it could produce plutonium for nuclear weapons.

—Agencies