Iran all set to resume nuclear research

Iran confirmed it would resume research on nuclear fuel on Monday, prompting warnings by Germany of ‘‘consequences” and by th...

Iran confirmed it would resume research on nuclear fuel on Monday, prompting warnings by Germany of ‘‘consequences” and by the head of the UN nuclear watchdog that the world was running out of patience with Tehran.

“Iran will today resume nuclear fuel research as scheduled,”government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham told a news conference on Monday.

Germany, France and the UK have been trying to persuade Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment programme, which could be used to make atom bomb fuel.

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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters, “It would be a breach of the agreements we reached in Paris.”

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Mohamed El Baradei said, “I am running out of patience, the international community is running out of patience, the credibility of the verification process is at stake and I’d like, come March, which is my next report, to be able to clarify these issues.” —Reuters

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