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Iran Breaks UN Seals at Nuclear Plant
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Move announced as International Atomic Energy Agency board postponed
emergency meeting in Vienna on Iran's actions





Technicians adjust protective wear, alongside box containing uranium
ore concentrate, at Uranium Conversion Facility of Iran

Iran says it has broken United Nations' seals placed on parts of a
uranium processing plant, clearing the way for the complete resumption
of work at controversial facility in central Iran.

The move was announced Wednesday as the board of the International
Atomic Energy Agency postponed an emergency meeting in Vienna on
Iran's actions.

Western news reports quote diplomats from the IAEA's 35-member
countries as saying they have not been able to agree on a response to
the Iranian move. An agency spokesman says a formal session will
convene Thursday.

Tehran had agreed to suspend uranium conversion last November, to
counter U.S. and European suspicions that it was secretly trying to
develop fuel for nuclear weapons.

The European Union, with U.S. backing, has threatened to refer Iran to
the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions, if Tehran resumed
the suspect fuel work.

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.


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