Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- United Nations investigators begin two days of meetings in Iran today, offering Tehran’s government a chance to stem growing speculation the country’s nuclear program will spark a military conflict.
Officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency flew to the Iranian capital yesterday for their second round of talks in a month. The visit begins a week after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country will boost production of 20 percent enriched uranium at a deep underground facility in Fordo, near the holy city of Qom.
“We hope to have some concrete results after this trip,” the IAEA’s top inspector Herman Nackaerts said late yesterday at Vienna International Airport. “The highest priority remains, of course, the possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program, and we want to tackle all outstanding issues.”
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