United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is urging a resumption of dialogue between Western powers and Iran on the Islamic republic’s nuclear program — and he says Iran has a responsibility to get the talks on track.
Ban said on January 27 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that the “onus is on Iran.”
Negotiations between Iran and the five UN Security Council permanent members — Russia, China, the United States, Britain, and France — and Germany have been stalled for a year.
Ban’s comments came as a high-level team of experts from the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency were reportedly heading to Tehran for inspections.
In November, the UN agency said it had evidence that Iran had carried out activities “relevant” to the development of a nuclear device.
Iran has denied any such work.
compiled from agency reports
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