TEHRAN: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)has ended its 12-year investigation into concerns that Iran might be developing nuclear weapons.
The move is seen as a key step towards lifting United Nations, European Union and United States sanctions.
The IAEA concluded that Iran conducted nuclear weapons-related research until 2003 and to a lesser extent until 2009, but found no evidence of this since.
The lifting of sanctions, agreed in a July deal with world powers, hinged on the IAEA’s findings on the issue. Iran has strongly denied pursuing a clandestine nuclear weapons programme.
