IAEA to hold emergency meeting on Iran nuclear issue

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on Wednesday that its governing board will hold an emergency meeting on Iran's nuclear issue on Feb. 2.

The meeting was requested by the European trio of France, Germany and Britain on Wednesday, said the UN watchdog.

Foreign Ministers of the three European powers decided to refer Iran to the UN Security Council when they met in Berlin on Jan. 12 after Iran removed some UN seals on its main uranium enrichment facilities and resumed research on nuclear fuel earlier this month.

At the Feb. 2 meeting, France, Germany, Britain and the United States are expected to present a draft resolution, which would ask the UN Security Council to press Tehran to cooperate with the IAEA in its investigation of suspected nuclear activities.

Source: Xinhua