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Intel: European countries set to rebuke Iran at UN nuclear agency

Iran is facing a formal rebuke by the United Kingdom, France and Germany at the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency for refusing to cooperate with the agency’s inspection of two sites believed to have housed nuclear research in the past.
The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flies in front of its headquarters during a board of governors meeting in Vienna November 28, 2013. Iran has invited U.N. inspectors to visit a nuclear-related heavy water facility on December 8, their chief said on Thursday, a first concrete step under a plan to clarify concerns about Tehran's disputed nuclear programme. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader  (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) - BM2E9BS0WUX01

Iran is facing a formal rebuke by the United Kingdom, France and Germany at the UN International Atomic Energy Agency for refusing to cooperate with the agency’s inspection of two sites believed to have housed nuclear research in the past.

The rebuke would be the first at the IAEA since 2012, which was also directed at Iran. A draft of the motion was first reported by Bloomberg.

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