Pompeo applauds IAEA vote to rebuke Iran over suspected nuclear sites

A governing panel of the International Atomic Energy Agency rebuked Iran for denying access to sites suspected to have been involved in an illicit weapons program, the first such vote to pass since 2012.

“Iran has so far shown no intention of curtailing the ongoing expansion of its nuclear program and for months has refused to provide the answers and access required for the IAEA to conduct its critical verification work,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday. “Given Iran’s prior covert nuclear weapons effort, it is imperative that Iran verifiably demonstrate that it has permanently abandoned all such work.”