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Iran criticizes nuclear watchdog's 'unfair' report  

A new IAEA report underlined Tehran's failure to come clean on its undeclared nuclear sites and fears are growing that the assessment may further complicate a revival of the Iran nuclear deal.
The sign of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is pictured in front of the headquarters, photographed in Vienna on Dec. 17, 2021.

"Regrettably, the report does not reflect the realities of the talks between Tehran and the IAEA," said Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh at a televised presser May 31.  

Khatibzadeh was addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency's latest assessment on Iran's nuclear program, released on Monday. The watchdog's report to its board of governors pointed out lack of progress in getting Iranian authorities to remove longstanding ambiguities over the presence of nuclear particles at three undeclared sites and possible military dimensions of the Islamic Republic's nuclear activities.  

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