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The United Nations nuclear watchdog partly cleared Iran on Monday of charges of trying to make a nuclear bomb, a day after Tehran promised Europe it would freeze what critics said was an atomic weapons programme. Diplomats said this was a clear victory for Iran and would make it tough for Washington to force the United Nations’ agency to refer Tehran’s case to the UN Security Council this month.
But the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it could not rule out covert activities in Iran. In a bid to ease international concern about its nuclear ambitions, Iran said it would stop converting uranium from November 22. Tehran promised the IAEA it would suspend all uranium enrichment and processing activities as part of a deal with the EU to avert any UN sanctions. —Reuters
