Head of IAEA can’t confirm all of Iran’s nuclear activities are meant for peaceful purposes

Chief UN nuke inspector chides Iran

VIENNA — The chief U.N. nuclear inspector has warned that he cannot confirm that all of Iran’s nuclear activities are peaceful because Tehran is not fully cooperating with his inspectors.

Yukiya Amano is also chiding Iran for barring some of those inspectors and for stonewalling his agency’s attempt to probe allegations that Tehran is interested in developing atomic arms.

Amano spoke Monday at the start of a 35-nation board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Iran insists that its nuclear activities are meant only to generate energy but is under U.N. sanctions for refusing to stop uranium enrichment, which can be used both to make fuel and fissile nuclear warhead material.