FACTBOX - Key aspects of latest IAEA findings on Iran
(Reuters) - An International Atomic Energy Agency report on February 22 said Iran had not responded adequately to intelligence alleging it studied technology applicable to making atom bombs, but had defused concerns about other activities.
IAEA board governors will debate the findings this week.
Following are highlights from the 11-page report and a power-point presentation to members of the IAEA's 35-nation governing board on February 25 that added detail not in the report.
MAJOR OUTSTANDING ISSUE
Since 2005 the IAEA has received extensive intelligence from the United States and some U.S. allies pointing to what they say are past Iranian attempts to "weaponise" nuclear materials.
The documentation, some of which was revealed in the report for the first time, suggests administrative connections between projects to process uranium ore for nuclear fuel, test high explosives and design a missile warhead.
It refers to plans for tests with explosives placed 400 metres (1,300 feet) underground and detonated from 10 km (6 miles) away, a procedure "relevant" to developing atom bombs. It cited drawings of the inner cone of a missile warhead "quite likely to be able to accommodate a nuclear device".
The IAEA's safeguards chief on February 25 presented more documentation, slides and video not mentioned in the report.
He said it showed that explosives were to be detonated at 600 metres (2,000 feet) altitude, a specification suitable only for nuclear arms. An organisational chart was screened showing the key projects all reporting to Mohsen Fakrizadeh under the umbrella of the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics. Continued...





