UN frustrated by Iran, urges action

The head of the U.N. atomic agency hit out yesterday at Iran's refusal to address allegations of nuclear weapons research and called on Tehran to allow access to a suspected military site "without further delay. Despite the intensified dialogue between the Agency and Iran since January 2012, no concrete results have been achieved so far," Yukiya Amano said at the start of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board meeting, according to Agence France-Presse. "This is frustrating because, without Iran's full engagement, we will not be able to start the process to resolve all outstanding issues," Amano said, according to the text of his speech released by the Vienna-based IAEA. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful electric power and medical purposes.