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UN Watchdog, Announcing Iran Talks, Voices Suspicions

The Associated Press
4th June 2012

VIENNA—The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog announced his agency would resume talks with Iran on Friday, and said for the first time that the agency believes the country had done demolition work at a military facility that may have been a site for the secret development of nuclear arms.

Diplomats and officials accredited to the International Atomic Energy Agency had spoken of similar work previously, describing it as an apparent attempt to clear the site of evidence of clandestine weapons-related work. IAEA head Yukiya Amano's confirmation lent weight to the suspicions.

Mr. Amano didn't specify the focus of coming talks on Friday between officials from his agency and a senior Iranian envoy. 

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