The United States may renew its push to report Iran to the UN Security Council for not complying with a UN nuclear resolution to fully declare its nuclear programme, Western diplomats said today.
Iran handed over a declaration in October that it said was a full and truthful account of its entire nuclear programme, in compliance with a demand from the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) governing board.
However, diplomats said revelations yesterday that Iran failed to declare drawings it acquired for an advanced uranium-enrichment centrifuge that can be used to produce material for weapons showed the declaration was incomplete.
Western diplomats in Vienna yesterday that the IAEA had uncovered designs for a centrifuge that should have been mentioned in Iran's October declaration.
Diplomats said Iran could have got the drawings from the father of Pakistan's atom bomb, Mr Abdul Qadeer Khan, or someone close to him. Mr Khan has admitted to leaking atomic secrets.