Enriching
The questions about Iran's nuclear past
A FIRST report, last month, by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog, expressed “concern” at a string of previously undeclared nuclear activities in Iran. A second damning report, when the agency's board meets in September, could raise a storm. So on July 9th Mohamed ElBaradei, the IAEA's director-general, was in Tehran hoping to find answers to the questions in his June report, and to win Iran's acceptance of toughened safeguards.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Enriching”
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